This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ben Arnold Founding Tied To San Antonio and Aransas Pass Rail
A historic sketch recounts Ben Arnold Texas born from the 1892 SA&AP railroad through Giddings to Waco. The town named for Captain Arnold’s daughter Bennie rose with a depot and first station agent Bob White, plus early stores, a gin, blacksmiths, a bank, and a one room school built in 1892 later expanding. Today the small community hosts two churches and a dozen or so businesses serving 100 to 150 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Giddings
Waco
Bob Todd
Vince Kahler
Charlie Butts
Quin Walker
Wiley
James Murff
Ben Arnold
Murff
Nelson
B. I. Arnold
Captain Arnold
Bennie Arnold
Bob White
Reno'ds
Blackland
Frank Peebles
Zapp
Will Pankonein
Bank
Herman Folschinsky
Swanzy Grocery
C. F. Nolte
Gus Pleatl
Mr. Setzer
Greeley Carmichael
Yarborough
J. C. Komar
Mr. Komar
Walter Dodson
Sod Phillips
O. R. Looney
Looney
R. L. Batte
Otto Boecker
Mr. Brod
Sa&ap Railroad
Hatter
A W. Rettig
Bob Burton
H. H. Powell
Creel Bridgewater
Garner
Stiles
Carlton
Tom Moorman
Sam Rudder
Maysifled
A. J Collins
Theo Binford
Charlie Little
Alvin W. Houston
Kathleen Swanzy
Alvin Houston
Houston
L. A. Swanzy
The
Baptist
United Church of Christ
Gerald Cobb
Cobb
Pakistan