Restored MKT Depot - Hominy, OK - Train Stations/Depots on Waymarking.com

The present depot, located at 300 W. Main in Hominy, OK was expanded in 1925 from the original depot built about 1910. Missouri-Kansas-Texas service started in 1904 and continued until 1977. During the oil boom years of the 1920s, nine freight and four passenger trains stopped in Hominy each day.

The Katy railroad began laying tracks in 1869. There was a lot of competition to be the first railroad to build in Indian Territory. The Cherokee Nation had signed a treaty that only one railroad would be built through their territory. The Katy won the bid on a June morning in 1870. After that it went through Missouri and then south through the Cherokee Nation. Later, officials with the railroad decided to expand business by extending the Coffeyville branch line down through the Osage Nation to Guthrie and Oklahoma City. The railroad survey crew reached Hominy on September 17, 1903.

According to Arthur Shoemaker, when the crew reached the north bank of Big Hominy Creek, it sent word that after a preliminary sighting it looked as if the tracks would miss Hominy Post two miles to the east. The citizens of Hominy knew they would be ruined by the loss of the railroad. The survey crew was staying at the Blue Front Hotel and the citizens decided to throw a party for them. There was whiskey, sardines, and salmon. They talked with the boss of the crew and showed him how he could bring the tracks closer to the town by curving the tracks to the southwest. The crew followed the suggestions and the townspeople only had to move a few blocks uptown.

The Katy Depot accepted the first passenger train filled with Oklahoma City residents on their way to the World’s Fair in St Louis. The railroad was running well through Hominy and was bringing a lot of business. (Source: www.hominydiner.com)

Finally in 1977, the MKT Railroad was discontinued through Hominy. The Katy Depot was shut down. Adapted for community use during the 1980s, the north end's original waiting rooms serve as the Chamber of Commerce office. The south end is now the Silver Dollar Depot Cafe.

C&S caboose 10508 has been repainted into a "MKT" scheme and renumbered to 74035 (Hominy's zip code)and is located alongside this depot.

Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Chamber of Commerce and the Silver Dollar Depot Cafe What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: M-K-T Station/Depot Web Site: Not listed

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