Galveston Civilian notes disaster and railroad rivalries
A Brenham reader summary touches on the 44th anniversary of the Galveston Civilian, cyclone aftermath near McAllister Oklahoma and Denison, Robeson and Tweed, and Texas political shifts. It also details railroad branch disputes with Santa Fe and Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe, Brenham's push for a branch, and concerns over trade routes and survey plans from Navasota to Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galvest Civilian
Texas
Navasota
Santa Fe Surveying Corps
Lyons
Brenham
Caldwell
Navasota Road
Washington and Graball
Courtney
Santa Fe
The
Manai Fe
Enterprise
Ress
Santa Aid
Eston
Galveston
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Yegua
Millican
Wellborn
Central Road
Corsicana
Houston
Greenvine
Fayette
Bastrop
Guadalupe
Washington, Bastrop
Erlanger Syndicate
Eagle Pass
Shreveport Brenham
Dallas Times
Tyler Courier
Waco Examiner
Congress
D.C. Giddings
McAlister
I. T
Victoria Advocate
Iron Mountain Railway
Little Rock
Fort Worth
Texas and California Rail Journey Reflections 1882
A Texas editor recounts a rail trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back, detailing stops at Morano Ripon Salida Merced Athlone Fresno Kingsburg and Bresno. He highlights Merced as a rich agricultural county with canals irrigating vast fields and notes scenery including Sierra peaks and the Yosemite corridor along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Morpheus
Texas
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
Lathrop
Southern Pacific
Visalia
Central Pacific
San Joaquin Valley
Morano
Ripon
Salido
Modesto
Stanislaus County
Toulumna
Ceres
Turlocks
Cressey
Merced
Argus and Express
Contra Costa Range
Athlone
Mariposa River
Conchilla
Minturn
Fresno County
Sierras
Fresno
Madera
Yosemite Valley
Fresno Flats
Mariposa
Cottonwood Creek
San Joaquin
Bresno
Fowler
Kingsburg
King’s River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brenham Weemy Banner
Brenham, Washington County
Kleen Lahee Waddy
A. Vogele
Janes
Peteste
Eanein B. Levin
Saringen Tnikidine
Comer
St Charles and Sandys
Brenham, T
Marriner
Bastoris
Guiteau
George Scoville
Louisiana
Louis
Osage
McAllister
Denison
New York Sun
Tweed
Robeson
Navy Yards
General Grant
Navy
Austin Statesman
Roberts
W. C. Dixon
Washington County
Leutenant
Dixon
Times
Austin
Dallas
A. B. Norton
Walter Burton
Weaver
Iowa
Missouri
G. Wash Jones
Gov. Roberts
Marlin
St. Louis Railway Register
Jesse James
Belton
Judge Saunders
Bell County
Onle Thiaty
Hancock
Garfield
Sherman Courier
Throckmorton
Throckmake
Maes
Galveston Grad
Tenner
Orange Tribune
Wash Jones
Police Gazette
Police News
Llano Rural
Bos Smact
Revere House
Boston
San Antonio
United States
St. Louis
Insane Asylum
Craighead
and Chicot Counties
Arkansas
Southern Baptist Convention
Greenville
S. C
C. C. Chaplin
Waite
Cincinnati
Covington
Galveston News
Columbus Citizen
Independent
Chreokee City
Indian Territory
Supreme Court of
Maine
Masonic Lodge
Cavendish
Burke
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Cavendish
State News
McKinney
Shepard
Polk County
Wallace Hill
Red River
Lamar County
Paris
Cummings
Austin and Northwestern
Orange
Tribune
Sabine Pass
Marshall
Cambell
Commissioners Court of
Bexar County
Laredo
Henry Cox
Wiley Lindermill
Geo. Sibley
Emil Tann
Lexington
Lee County
Giddings
Texas Pacific Railway
Wm. Rubenstein
Tom Green
Tom Green County
Middle Vegan
Forts Concho
Stockton and
Davis
Leavenworth
Kansas
McLellan County
California
Proprieter
House Building Committee
Nagar
White Goods Department
Fernane White
Inia
Penisa
Sanger Bros
Dallas, Texas
F. Wotipka
Dealia
PB. Krentzoin
Choice Family Groceries
Lycum
Sesnhae
R. Lindemann
St. Charles Street
Central Depot
Willie
McCormick
J. J. Lieb
Main Street
Brentsam
Amu
Sellier
Scotton Seed
CASH
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