Rosser Depot of the Texas Midland Railroad
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 27.746 W 096° 27.256
14S E 739276 N 3594549
Texas Historical Marker commemorating the history of Rosser, TX, and this train depot, which played a key role in the town's successes. Unfortunately, the depot is abandoned today, and Rosser is almost a ghost of its former self.
Waymark Code: WMEW6Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 8550

Marker Text:
Originally known as Trinidad, Rosser depended on the Trinity River for trade until 1882, when a line of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad was built here. The company was later renamed the Texas Midland Railroad by Mrs. Hetty Green of New York, who bought the line in 1892. Operated by her son Edward H. R. Green, it had a dramatic impact on the early growth of Kaufman County. Rosser supplied lumber for ties, gravel for roadbeds and water for the locomotives. The brick depot, built here in 1917, replaced an earlier frame depot which burned. (1982)
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