Black plaque № 20120

Montgomery, TX, United States

The Railroad in Montgomery. Problems with transporting farm crops to market, along with the growing importance of rail transportation were major factors that prompted area businessmen to organize the Central and Montgomery (C & M) Railroad in 1877. Completed by 1880, the C & M consisted of a 25-mile

track connecting Montgomery with the Houston & Texas Central Railroad at Navasota. A combined passenger and freight station constructed near this site was often the center of social activity. After t

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