The Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company $1000 Gold Bond handcrafted-american-flags

The Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company $1000 Gold Bond handcrafted-american-flagsThe Houston & Texas Railway Company began as the Galveston and Red River Railway. The charter was obtained in 1848 for the proposed railroad from Houston to the Brazos River and the interior of Texas. Progress was slow on the proposed railroad. In 1856 the track laying began, and the line was renamed the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company. By the early 1870s the H&TC reached Corsicana, Dallas, and Denison. At Denison the H & TC connected with

and word was received that Santa Anna was forming an army of thousands to invade Texas

These early mule drawn trolleys ran mostly along Congress Avenue in the heart of downtown Austin

A month after Santa Anna was defeated

the first year of Texas’ Independence

Queen Victoria’s signature appears at the top of the Appointment next to her official embossed paper seal

to the 28th state in the American Union

and the first steam locomotive was constructed there

the streetcar company erected its own steam powered generator on the west side of town

which was the capital of the Arkansas Territory

From Spindletop sprang two giants of the modern industry

elegantly captures the value Texans placed on their liberty

Interestingly south of that line very few towns had been organized north of the Rio Grande Valley