Circa 1895 photograph of the M.K.T. rail yard on the eastern end of La Grange (vicinity of 600th block East La Fayette Street) looking south with the bluff in the distance. Louis Melcher captured this view from the roof of the M.K.T. freight depot. Train cars, warehouses, elevated tanks and open sheds like those used by lumberyards are visible (present day Farmer’s Lumber Co.).
Author and railroad historian Ken E. Stavinoha will speak on “The Golden Era of Railroading in Texas” on Thursday evening, May 22 in the meeting room of the Fayette Public Library in La Grange.The Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives is sponsoring Stavinoha’s program, which will include Fayette County’s early railroad history.An avid researcher, Stavinoha will also speak...
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