HomeMy WebLinkAboutRR-Left3A visit from President Franklin D. Roosevelt - May 11, 1937
The aerial photo shown left was taken in 1937 prior to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s arrival in College Station. The
view is looking south, with the Texas A&M College campus to the left (east) and the A&M College Creamery to the right
(west) of the railroad tracks and depots. A line of people waiting to the see the President can be seen along the Missouri
Pacific depot and extending south toward the Southern Pacific water treatment tower. Above: The President speaks to a
large crowd at Kyle Field.
Photos courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University
Land, Tracks and Structures
The above engineering survey shows a layout of the train depots, railroad tracks and surrounding structures residing west
of Texas A&M campus in 1952.
Survey courtesy of Henry P. Mayo
CREAMERY
CAVALRY BARRACKS
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WATER TOWER
S.P. DEPOT
KYLE FIELD
TENNIS COURTS
CAMPUS ENTRY
BOARDING HOUSE
M.P. DEPOT
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINE
OLD HIGHWAY 6
I&GN, MISSOURI PACIFIC LINE