Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas

by David M. Bernstein

Book Overview

The Southern Pacific Railroad and its predecessors served Texas from 1853 to 1996. Stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and from the Rio Grande Valley to the Red River, Southern Pacific opened up vast areas of the state to settlement by transporting people, building materials, and livestock. The railroad fueled Texas's economy by moving oil, timber, agricultural commodities, coal, automobiles, petrochemicals, cement, steel, consumer goods,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738579947
• ISBN13: 9780738579948
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"