Transportation
As the transportation hub for Interior Alaska, Fairbanks features extensive road, rail, and air connections to the rest of Alaska and "The Outside". At Fairbanks' founding, the only way to reach the new city was . . . — — Map (db m257477) HM
Used by President Warren G. Harding on his trip to Alaska in 1923 to drive the Golden Spike for the Alaska Railroad. Denali" is the Indian name for Mt. McKinley, the Great One. — — Map (db m219066) HM
The Harding Car was built in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois and carried passengers until 1945. It was donated to the City of Fairbanks in 1959, and moved to the Park in 1965.
The Harding Car, also known as the Denali Car, is the train car that . . . — — Map (db m256596) HM
On Alaska Street at Evergreen Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Alaska Street.
The story of the little locomotive resting here today begins even before it was
built, with early discovery of high grade coal in the northern hills along the
Matanuska river. Around 1900 the U.S. Navy needed a source of coal on the
west coast . . . — — Map (db m254850) HM
On Glenn Highway (State Highway 1 at milepost 61.6) east of Chickaloon Way, on the left when traveling east.
This area's coal deposits took millions of
years to form and only a few years to mine,
forever changing the surrounding valley.
Stored Energy
Essentially, we get coal from sunshine. Hundreds of millions of years
ago, swampy forests . . . — — Map (db m255112) HM
On Broadway north of 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Imagine the raw power and deafening roar of a 129-ton rotary snowplow as its circular blades carved through deep snow drifts often as high as 12 feet. The Cooke Rotary Snowplow, designed: No. 1" by railroad crewmen, often performed that task. . . . — — Map (db m248854) HM
On Congress Way, on the right when traveling south.
From transportation to tourism, Skagway has long provided more than one avenue to wealth.
One early entrepreneur, George Brackett, hoped to become rich by building a toll road up the Skagway Valley in 1897. . . . — — Map (db m257833) HM
On Broadway near the railroad grade crossing, on the left when traveling south.
From transportation to tourism, Skagway has long provided more than one avenue to wealth.
One early entrepreneur, George Brackett, hoped to become rich by building a toll road up the Skagway Valley in 1897. . . . — — Map (db m257888) HM
On Congress Way, on the right when traveling south.
During April 1942, the sleepy little town of Skagway was startled awake by the sudden arrival of thousands of American troops.
Alaska was thrown into the spotlight in June 1942 after the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor and invaded . . . — — Map (db m257835) HM
On Broadway south of the railroad grade crossing, on the left when traveling south.
During April 1942, the sleepy little town of Skagway was startled awake by the sudden arrival of thousands of American troops.
Alaska was thrown into the spotlight in June 1942 after the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor and invaded . . . — — Map (db m257889) HM
On Front Street east of George Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3), on the right when traveling east.
President Warren G. Harding, first U.S. President to visit Alaska traveled here to pound the Golden Spike signalling completion of the Alaska Railroad from tidewater to the interior July 15, 1926.
State of Alaska
Governor Walter J. Hickel . . . — — Map (db m42948) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
Across the Puerco River, the tracks of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad stretch for miles to the east and to the west. With no landforms or forests to block your view, you can see very long trains from beginning to end. More than 60 . . . — — Map (db m119934) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles north of West 6th Street, on the right when traveling north.
An early 1900s adobe home built by the son of Eagar's first Mormon Bishop. Crosby, a major sheep & cattle rancher, was a railroad contractor who in 1917 laid the track for the Santa Fe Railroad north of here. — — Map (db m36626) HM
As a traveler to this spot, you are in good company. The Painted Desert offers a rich story of travelers, traders, and migrants passing near this location through the centuries. This natural travel corridor skirts the Rocky Mountains and other . . . — — Map (db m255985) HM
Near Fort Bowie Trail 0.4 miles south of Apache Pass Road.
In March 1854, Lt. John Parke of the Topographical Engineer Corps led a survey party in search of an all-weather route for the transcontinental railroad. After a march of 55 waterless miles through Sulphur Springs Valley, the party entered Apache . . . — — Map (db m100812) HM
Calcine Motor
October 1906
Weight: 19 tons
Mfg. Copper Queen Reduction Works
Douglas, Arizona Territory
This electric trolley motor was used to pull between 1 and 4 Calcine tank cars loaded from the Roaster Department to the Reverb . . . — — Map (db m269210) HM
Near East 14th Street at 14th Street & Pan American Ave..
Elizabeth W. Ames, Mayor
City Council
Hector M. Salinas, Ward 1
Richard A. Arzate, Ward 2
Ramon H. Jordan, Ward 3
Harry F. Ames , Ward 4
Margaret Shannon, Ward 5
Rudy Quinonez, Ward 6
R. Delbert Self, City Manager . . . — — Map (db m28295) HM
On Pan American Avenue (U.S. 191) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling south on Pan American Avenue.
Built in 1905 by El Paso and Southwest Railroad and the Calumet and Arizona Copper Co., and citizens of Douglas.
Expanded in 1916 to include a gym, a swimming pool and other recreational facilities with additional support provided by the . . . — — Map (db m195862) HM
On State Road 82 at North Old Fairbank Road on State Road 82.
Fairbank was founded during the 1880's silver mining boom. Once called Kendall, it began as a stagecoach stop on the way to Tombstone, which was then one of the biggest towns in the West. The wild characters that made Tombstone famous also walked . . . — — Map (db m249981) HM
On State Road 82 at North Old Fairbank Road on State Road 82.
The people of Fairbank enjoyed exotic foods such as oysters on the half-shell packed in ice and other goods brought in on the trains. Nearly everything moved by train; building materials, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs came to Fairbank, while . . . — — Map (db m249983) HM
Near South 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.
The railroad reached Tucson in March of 1880. Richard Grid had a railroad spike crafted of solid silver from the Toughnut Mine. It was presented to the President of the Southern Pacific Railroad as an inducement to bring a railroad spur to . . . — — Map (db m53401) HM
On East Maley Street (Arizona Route 186) at South Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Maley Street.
Railroad Avenue became the Commercial center for the growth of Willcox and the Sulpher Springs Valley from the time of the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad through the area in 1880. — — Map (db m28174) HM
On South Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
This is the only remaining original redwood frame Southern Pacific R.R. Station in Arizona. It is also the only known, original, on site, passenger depot still extant on the Southern Trans Continental Railroad route, between Los Angeles and . . . — — Map (db m28180) HM
On Route 66 at South San Francisco Street, on the right when traveling east on Route 66.
Section crews were the laborers who built the railroads in the beginning and have continued throughout the years to maintain them. These crews were most efficient in moving heavy sections of rails when they all worked in unison. To accomplish . . . — — Map (db m178072) HM
On Route 66 at South Beaver Street, on the right when traveling east on Route 66.
Named for a pine tree stripped of its branches by a party of immigrants and used as a flagpole for a patriotic celebration on July 4, 1876. Nearby Antelope or Old Town Spring provided water and led to the establishment of a railroad construction . . . — — Map (db m33330) HM
Flagstaff was a name on a map before the area had any significant population. The first permanent settler was Thomas F. McMillan who arrived sometime in 1876. On July 4, 1876, a party of emigrants traveling from Boston to California was camped at . . . — — Map (db m41717) HM
On Fort Valley Road, on the right when traveling north.
Maker - Silas Overpack Wheelwright, Manslee, MI
c. 1900
Also known as Michigan High Wheels, Big Wheels, or Skid Wheels, these wheels were the workhouse of the forest. The large wheel here made it easy to transport logs over rough . . . — — Map (db m263150) HM
The facility was originally constructed in 1925-1926 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad as the passenger station for the Flagstaff stop. The City of Flagstaff acquired the building in 1992 using city of Flagstaff Bed, Board & Booze tax . . . — — Map (db m78739) HM
In 1866 the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad was formed to construct a railroad from Springfield, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, a distance of 2,000 miles.
In the summer and fall of 1882 the railroad was directly responsible for the founding and . . . — — Map (db m120891) HM
On East Santa Fe Avenue (U.S. 89), on the right when traveling east.
Arizona Lumber and Timber Company purchased this Baldwin steam engine in 1917 for lumbering operations in and around Flagstaff, where the engine spent its entire working life. The City of Flagstaff purchased No. 25 in 1995.
Canvas water bags . . . — — Map (db m41720) HM
Directly behind you, looking down into Hermit Canyon, you can see part of Hermit Trail and the remains of Hermit Camp. In 1911-12 the Santa Fe Railroad built both trail and camp to serve a blossoming tourist trade. Why did Santa Fe build here at . . . — — Map (db m156999) HM
In 1901, the screech of train brakes and the blast of a train whistle signaled the arrival of a new era in Grand Canyon Village. The railroad provided the most comfortable means of transportation to the canyon for more than a quarter century. This . . . — — Map (db m102856) HM
On the inner plateau, Hermit Camp has been built.... A skilled Chef is in charge of the dining room, where excellent meals are provided. It is camping out deluxe. 1916 Hermit Camp postcard Deep in the canyon are faint signs of . . . — — Map (db m156994) HM
"Won't you be one of the 25,000 visitors at the Grand Canyon of Arizona this summer? It is the world's scenic wonder - nothing like it."
Santa Fe Railroad brochure, 1914.
The Santa Fe train whistle that was heard here on September 17, . . . — — Map (db m39569) HM
Near Grand Canyon Highway (Arizona Route 67) 43 miles south of U.S. 89A, on the left when traveling south.
Under the supervision of the Utah Parks Company and architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood, work crews labored to build a lodge that harmonized with its surroundings. Advertisements for this "Hotel in the Wilderness" boasted that it "seems to have . . . — — Map (db m163552) HM
Near Grand Canyon Highway (Arizona Route 67) 43 miles south of U.S. 89A, on the left when traveling south.
A fire consumed the main lodge building at the height of the Great Depression. The September 1, 1932, fire claimed no lives but left only stones. For four years the ruins of the Grand Canyon Lodge stood undisturbed, silhouetted eerily against a . . . — — Map (db m163553) HM
Near Fray Marcus Drive west of North Grand Canyon Boulevard.
Manufacture Date: 1911
Manufacturer: Ray Consolidated Copper Company Ray, AZ
Original Owner: Ray & Gila Valley Railroad as R&GV 017 Kelvin, AZ
2nd Owner: Kennecott Copper Corporation as KCC 017 Hayden, AZ
3rd Owner: Copper Basin . . . — — Map (db m193232) HM
On West Bill Williams Avenue at North Grand Canyon Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Bill Williams Avenue.
Built in 1901, this brick structure was the first train depot in Williams. After the Fray Marcos depot was built in 1908, this building took on freight arriving to and departing from Williams. It was moved here from across the railroad tracks in . . . — — Map (db m33379) HM
On Grand Canyon Avenue at North Pine Street, on the right when traveling east on Grand Canyon Avenue.
The area around what now is Williams, Arizona, was first explored by a Mountain Man who came to this area in 1876, William Shirley Williams, who was called “Old Bill”.
The town site was created by a cowboy named C.T. Rogers in 1879. . . . — — Map (db m48351) HM
On North Coronado Boulevard (U.S. 191 at milepost 163.3), on the right when traveling north.
Historic Rehabilitation Project
Arizona & New Mexico Railway Passenger Station
Built in 1913
Mayor - David R. McCullar
Vice-Mayor - Pamela C. Combs
Councilmember - A. M. 'Tony' Rodriquez
Councilmember - Patricia Fowler . . . — — Map (db m36679) HM
On North 58th Avenue at West Glendale Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 58th Avenue.
Born August 23, 1839 – New Harford, New York
Died April 17, 1923 – Phoenix, Arizona
Buried Greenwood Cemetery
Murphy came to Arizona from Illinois in 1880, to build a section of the Atlantic and Pacific (Santa Fe) Railroad. In . . . — — Map (db m30433) HM
On West Washington Street 0.1 miles west of 15th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Arizona Copper Company of Morenci, Arizona purchased five of these locomotives between 1882 and 1886 to haul ore on the Coronado railroad.
The H. K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania manufactured them in 1882.
Locomotive #2 . . . — — Map (db m93835) HM
On West Jackson Street at 4th Avenue when traveling south on West Jackson Street.
The Chambers Transfer & Storage Company is significant in the history of commerce in Phoenix. As the railroads developed, support warehouses were constructed on each side of the railroad tracks. Phoenix is the only location in Arizona where the . . . — — Map (db m73076) HM
On West Jackson Street at 5th Avenue when traveling south on West Jackson Street.
The Santa Fe Freight Depot was constructed in 1929 by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company.The depot is a unique example of a reinforced concrete structure. Like other buildings on Jackson Street, the freight depot reflects the . . . — — Map (db m73075) HM
On East Jefferson 0 miles east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Peace
Eastlake Park has served the inhabitants of Phoenix since the late 1880's. Originally known as Patton's Park, it was developed by the Phoenix Railway Company to serve as a recreational area for patrons of the city's trolley system. The . . . — — Map (db m55058) HM
The railroad made significant contribution to the support and development of the Queen Creek community. Engine 1673 travelled over 1,000,000 miles of track in Arizona from 1900-1955. The Southern Pacific Mesa to South San Tan spur was established in . . . — — Map (db m49866) HM
Near East Indian Bend Road east of North Scottsdale Road, on the right when traveling east.
This boxcar is one of 49 that comprised the French Gratitude Train. Once filled with 50 tons of gifts, the Gratitude Train was a way for the people of France to say “Thank You” to the American people for their help during and after World . . . — — Map (db m126700) HM WM
Near East Indian Bend Road east of North Scottsdale Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Peoria train depot was constructed in 1895 at a cost of $1,455 by the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company. The wood-frame structure served the agricultural and ranching interests in Peoria and areas west of Phoenix until 1972. The . . . — — Map (db m126698) HM
On Elkhart Avenue east of County Highway 125, on the right when traveling east.
Originally built in 1899 as the Arizona and Utah Railway, this short-line reached almost twenty five miles from the siding at McConnico on the Sante Fe to the White Hills. In 1904, a storm washed out much of the route. In 1905, the Sante Fe acquired . . . — — Map (db m48288) HM
On Andy Devine Avenue (Business Interstate 40) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Andy Devine Avenue.
This building has been placed on
The National Register of
Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior.
Atchinson, Topeka & Sante Fe
Railroad Depot
Built 1907
Kingman's early existence depended upon the . . . — — Map (db m29412) HM
An article published in October 1883 noted that the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad was about to begin construction of a large warehouse, loading platform and depot in Kingman. Work was delayed on the project, but the first depot was built in 1885.
. . . — — Map (db m278624) HM
In February of 2021, Kingman Main Street met with . Anne Butler to discuss the commissioning of a bronze sculpture of resident historian im Hinckley. From concept to casting, this project has taken just over a year to complete. This statue is the . . . — — Map (db m280505) HM
Near East Andy Devine Avenue 0.6 miles east of Stockton Hill Road.
Dedicated to Lewis Kingman, born North Bridgewater, Mass., 1845, died Mexico City, 1912.
A civil engineer who pioneered railroad location and construction in the western United States and Mexico.
During 1886-87 he supervised the . . . — — Map (db m29424) HM
On West Andy Devine Avenue (Old U.S. 66) at North 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on West Andy Devine Avenue.
Engine 3759
Engine No. 3759, is a mighty steam engine from an era nearly 100 years ago. An era of iron horses that sped across thousands of miles; an era that has always been entwined with Kingman. But just what is No. 3759, besides one of . . . — — Map (db m194743) HM
On West Andy Devine Avenue at N 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on West Andy Devine Avenue.
Before transformation into a roadside park on U.S. 66, U.S. 93, and U.S. 466 in 1935, this was the rodeo grounds that were also used for sporting events and fairs. In March 1917, the Chicago Cubs played a game against a local team at this site. . . . — — Map (db m280603) HM
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. Pericles
The City of Kingman Historic Preservation Commission Proudly has recreated this "Miner's Mineral Monument" in . . . — — Map (db m278616) HM
On Andy Devine Avenue (Business Interstate 40), on the right when traveling west.
Presented to the city of Kingman as an historical monument in 1967 by the Santa Fe Railway Company.
This "Mountain Type" coal-burning steam locomotive was built in 1927 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was rebuilt and converted to oil fuel . . . — — Map (db m29360) HM
On East Andy Devine Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In about 1910 these water tanks, painted black, were installed to accommodate new larger steam engines as part of an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad infrastructure upgrade. They became a dominate feature of the city's skyline.
By 1953, . . . — — Map (db m280501) HM
On North 1st Avenue at West Deleware Street, on the left when traveling north on North 1st Avenue.
Chief Engineer of the Western Div. of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Town named by John W. Young contractor for the railroad.
24 September 1881 — — Map (db m36388) HM
Near East 2nd Street 0.1 miles east of North Kinsley Avenue.
The Santa Fe Railway
Cyrus K. Holliday founded the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, better known as the Santa Fe, in 1859. The Santa Fe bought the Atlantic and Pacific's Western Division in 1897 and transferred the division headquarters . . . — — Map (db m209797) HM
Near East 2nd Street 0.1 miles east of North Kinsley Avenue.
The Little Colorado River and its tributaries supplied a vital water source to the area's earliest inhabitants and travelers. The watershed sustained the nearby Homol'ovi villages of the Ancestral Puebloans. A passable ford across the river allowed . . . — — Map (db m209669) HM
Near East 2nd Street / Old U.S. Route 66 Eastbound (Arizona Route 66) west of Interstate 40.
La Posada was the last of the great Fred Harvey/Santa Fe Railway hotels.
This is the masterpiece of Mary Jane Colter, considered by many to be the greatest of all Southwestern architects.
La Posada is on the National and State Registers of . . . — — Map (db m32787) HM
Near East 2nd Street 0.1 miles east of North Kinsley Avenue.
In 1863, the United States government created the Arizona Territory from land it acquired during the Mexican-American War and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Its northern region remained isolated and undeveloped until the railroad arrived. . . . — — Map (db m209689) HM
Near East 2nd Street 0.1 miles east of North Kinsley Avenue.
Winslow's location as a livestock, trade goods, and lumber shipping point contributed to its growth and stability in the first half of the 20th century. The Santa Fe Railway shipped goods to markets across the country, which in turn made the . . . — — Map (db m209733) HM
On East 2nd Street 0.1 miles east of North Kinsley Ave.
After World War II, Winslow's growth slowed as technology reduced the railroad industry's manpower requirements. In 1979, downtown businesses were devastated when the Interstate 40 bypass opened. Today, the economy is more diversified, and Winslow's . . . — — Map (db m239387) HM
On South Randolph Way at East Camino Campestre, on the right when traveling south on South Randolph Way.
[ Four markers are mounted on the four sides around the base of the monument. ]Side A:
Southern Pacific Railroad Map
Epes commanded the "Randolph Lines" that connected Phoenix and southern Arizona's outlying communities . . . — — Map (db m38936) HM
On West Congress Street, on the right when traveling east.
The El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, originally owned by the Phelps Dodge Company, was extended from El Paso into Tucson in the fall of 1912. The handsome depot of classical design, featuring a large rotunda with a stained glass dome, was . . . — — Map (db m83028) HM
Locomotive 1673
Locomotive # 1673, a Mogul 2 6 0 type engine, was built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1900 and logged over 1,000,000 miles for the Southern Pacific Company, primarily in southern Arizona. In 1955 it was donated to . . . — — Map (db m49938) HM
On East Toole Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The S.P.R.R., building the nation's second transcontinental rail line eastward from California, reached Tucson on March 20, 1880. It was the occasion for one of the greatest celebrations in the history of the city and foretold the coming of a new . . . — — Map (db m83229) HM
On East University Boulevard near North Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Across from the Main Gate on May 12, 1898, Charles F. Hoff, Manager of the Tucson Street Railway Company, drove the final spike completing tracks to the downtown business district and residential areas farther south. Mule-drawn streetcars traveled a . . . — — Map (db m83245) HM
Near North Apache Trail north of East Old West Highway, on the left when traveling north.
The Apache Trail was created by Native American tribes traveling between their summer homes in the mountains and winter homes in the desert. The Trail became a roadway in 1905, for use in hauling supplies to the construction site of Roosevelt Dam. . . . — — Map (db m145828) HM
On Alden Road north of Upton Road, on the right when traveling east.
This locomotive is a gift to the citizens of Kearny, Arizona, by the Kennecott Copper Corporation. This is a Porter Air Locomotive, used by Kennecott Copper Corporation in the original underground Ray Copper Mine. It was used to transport men, ore, . . . — — Map (db m232147) HM
On East Cam Correo south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling east.
Established June 14, 1887. A small conical red peak gave Red Rock its name. Red Rock was a major cattle shipping point via the S.P. Railroad. This post office celebrated its
Centennial in June 1987. — — Map (db m31190) HM
The New Mexico and Arizona Railroad which served Patagonia, was built by the Santa Fe in 1881-82 and was operated after 1897 by the Southern Pacific. The last portion of this line, terminating at Patagonia, was abandoned in 1962.
The Patagonia . . . — — Map (db m24108) HM
Congress, Arizona was born as a gold mining camp on the side of the
Date Creek Mountains where locally known prospector Dennis May claimed
to have discovered gold in 1870, although his claim of discovery continues
to be disputed. In 1887, May . . . — — Map (db m235866) HM
On Hampshire Avenue (Arizona Route 89A) east of Douglas Road, on the left when traveling east.
Two electric locomotives and one ore car recently were put on display on Main Street. The locomotives, "motors" to the miners, and the ore car are 36-inch gauge, the same size track used by the narrow gauge railroad that traveled between Jerome . . . — — Map (db m157600) HM
On Sheldon Street (Arizona Route 89) at Cortez Street, on the right when traveling south on Sheldon Street.
Prescotts first railroad arrived on December 31, 1886. The current depot was built by the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway, also known as the “Peavine”, in 1907. Designed in the Mission Revival style of poured concrete with a . . . — — Map (db m18767) HM
In 1877, the Southern. Pacific Railroad (SPRR) was the first railroad to arrive in the Arizona Territory, crossing the Colorado River from California and arriving in Yuma. Traveling through the scorching desert, the locomotives arrived in Yuma . . . — — Map (db m266543) HM
Boomtown In 1877, the Southern Pacific Railroad brought the first train into Arizona by building a bridge across the Colorado River along Madison Avenue. The bridge design included a section that pivoted open, like a gate, to allow steamboats . . . — — Map (db m266545) HM
Southern Pacific No. 2521 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Schenectady, New York, and deliver to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1907.
In its lifetime, this historic engine logged an estimated 2.5 million miles hauling . . . — — Map (db m266548) HM
The Southern Pacific Hotel was constructed on the immediate east side of the existing 1877 track alignment on the banks of the Colorado River. Construction was started on March 26, 1881.
"The first floor of the hotel is divided into eleven . . . — — Map (db m266546) HM
Wooden coaches were built around 1875 by Southern Pacific Railroad shops in Sacramento, California, and were used for passenger service in the railroad's southern division.
In 1913, this car was converted for railroad maintenance and was then . . . — — Map (db m29002) HM
On South Main Street (Arkansas Route 59), on the left when traveling east.
Locomotive #73D was part of the Electro-Motive Division's order #6142 that the Kansas City Southern placed in 1950. The order called for the construction of six F7As and 10 F7Bs, all of which were built in August 1950. Locomotive #73D was given . . . — — Map (db m312722) HM
In the early years of the Kansas City Southern (KCS), most of the cabooses used on the railroad were standard designs for the period. They featured the high cupola that allowed the conductor to see over the train ahead with the desk and bunks . . . — — Map (db m312932) HM
On 4th Avenue Southeast just south of Atlanta Street Southeast (State Highway 72), on the right when traveling south.
The Arkansas & Oklahoma Railroad, owned by John Bayless and William Felker, was the train route west from Bentonville to Gravette from 1898 to 1900. Besides transporting passengers, this route played a major role in the growth of the Ozark fruit . . . — — Map (db m266017) HM
On 1st Avenue Southeast (Arkansas Route 59) south of Main Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
United States Department of Interior
National Register of Historic Places
Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose #383 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places for its local significance and for its engineering as a rare and . . . — — Map (db m224965) HM
On Jackson Place at McClure Avenue (Route 923), on the left when traveling north on Jackson Place.
Mar. 20, 1839 Trail of Tears Mar. 8, 1847 Robinson's Crossroads First Post Office Feb. 5, 1858 Name changed to Bloomington Sept. 18, 1858 Butterfield Stage Stop to 1861 Dec. 9, 1862 Civil War Skirmishes Aug. 24, 1864 "Camp Mudtown" Mar. 9, 1881 . . . — — Map (db m33712) HM
On Jackson Street south of McClure Avenue (County Road 923), on the right when traveling south.
The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad was established
in 1881. Lowell was a village at that time. The 1889 Goodspeed's History of Benton County says greens, fruits, poultry, timber and railroad ties shipped extensively from the depot. The . . . — — Map (db m93263) HM
On East Rush Avenue at North Main Street (Business U.S. 65), on the right when traveling east on East Rush Avenue.
It was located above Jim Dye's Drug Store, currently Sam Alexander's Drug Store. The building was constructed in 1913 for the railroad offices and the city paid $35,000 to have them moved from Leslie. The M&NA was crucial to the economic development . . . — — Map (db m141868) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Built in Berlin, Germany 1934, 600 millimeter gauge (24 inch) (same engines are used at Silver Dollar City). Engine was found near Orlando, Fla. in 1989. Was bought by gentleman from Switzerland and hauled to Eureka Springs same year. Plans are to . . . — — Map (db m80172) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Eureka Springs Railroad opened in February, 1883. As the first trains arrived at the original station house, a finely crafted wooden structure, passengers were met by horse drawn carriages and hacks which quickly carried them to the best . . . — — Map (db m80173) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) 0.1 miles north of Magnetic Drive, on the left when traveling north.
First by horseback, wagons or on foot, invalids from all over this region flocked to Eureka Springs in 1879 to seek cures from the miraculous healing springs. But soon there were easier ways to arrive - stagecoaches, then trains. This laid a base . . . — — Map (db m80211) HM
On North Arkansas Street at East Iowa Street, on the right when traveling north on North Arkansas Street.
The first railroad through this area was the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River, begun in 1854 and extending westward from the Mississippi River. In 1875 it became the Little Rock, Mississippi and Texas railroad. In 1887 the north-south main line . . . — — Map (db m229488) HM
On Highway 257 near Bluebird Lane, on the right when traveling south.
The town of Columbia was located on the Mississippi River about two miles east of this point. In 1833 the Chicot County seat was moved to Columbia from Villemont due to river bank erosion. Columbia became a thriving port and the location of a . . . — — Map (db m167545) HM
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