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Dr. Charles Schultz, Chair
Brazos CHC ` C S
41 1 .00 Goode Street `
ollege Station, TX 77840
RE: COLLEGE STATION RAILROAD DEPOTS
27" x 42" marker w/ post
Job # 13193
Dear Dr. Schultz:
Enclosed is the proposed inscription for the above - referenced marker. (Please note that this is a working
copy, including filing and foundry instructions. The right -hand margin, which is uneven in this copy, will
be justified on the finished marker.)
Please review and verify the information contained in the inscription. In particular, be sure to check all
,amen and dates, and make certain we have noted the correct marker location. Please contact other sponsors
of this application to discuss the wording of this marker. If you approve of the inscription, sign and
return your own card. You may retain this inscription for your files.
If you have corrections to make or changes to suggest, please make a copy of the inscription and return it
to me with the marked corrections. Please do not type a new version of the inscription; we have style and
spacing requirements to consider, and require documentation of any changes (particularly of names and
dates) in this draft for our permanent file.
The marker will not be ordered for casting until the county historical commission and other persons or
groups listed below have approved the inscription. Again, in order to avoid any unnecessary delays, I
encourage you to consult with all parties to determine that all are in accord before returning your card or
submitting any suggested changes.
A form for ordering paperweights and other marker- related items is enclosed for your information and
convenience. Any order you may wish to place from this form may be made at this time or at any time in the
future.
Sincerely,
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Ruben E. Ochoa, Historian
Official Texas Historical Markers
Local History Programs
pc: Stephen C. Beachy
rlite State Agency for ifistoric Preservation
Texas Historical Commission Staff (REO), 10/21/93
27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker with post
Brazos County (Job #13193)
Location: Old main Drive at Welborn Road (FM 2154), on the Texas A &M
University campus, College Station
COLLEGE STATION RAILROAD DEPOTS*
IN 1871 TEXAS GOVERNOR EDMUND DAVIS APPOINTED THREE
COMMISSIONERS TO SELECT A SITE FOR THE NEWLY ESTAB-
LISHED AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS
(TEXAS A &M COLLEGE)OTHE COMMISSIONERS CHOSE THIS
LOCATION IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF
A HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL(H &TC)RAILROAD LINE WHICH
BEGAN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTENDED THROUGH THIS
AREA TO ITS TERMINUS IN BRYAN(5 MI.NORTH).
ALTHOUGH NO RAILROAD DEPOT EXISTED HERE AT THE TIME
OF TEXAS A &M'S FORMAL OPENING IN 1876,H &TC MADE
REGULAR STOPS HERE FOR INCOMING AND OUTGOING COLLEGE
STUDENTS AND FACULTY H &TC RAILROAD CONDUCTOR ANNOUNCE-
MENTS REFERRING TO THIS STOP AS COLLEGE STATION GAVE
RISE TO THE NAME OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY,
H &TC CONSTRUCTED A DEPOT AT THIS SITE IN 1883 WHICH
IT REPLACED WITH A NEW DEPOT ABOUT 1900,THE H &TC
DEPOTS AND ANOTHER BUILT BY THE INTERNATIONAL & GREAT
NORTHERN(IGN)RAILROAD JUST EAST OF THIS SITE IN 1900
WERE FOR MANY STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED TEXAS A &M THE
FIRST REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE r
RAILROAD DEPOTS OWNED BY THE H &TC(LATER SOUTHERN
PACIFIC)AND IGN(LATER MISSOURI PACIFIC)MAINTAINED
PASSENGER SERVICE AT THIS LOCATION UNTIL 1959,IN 1966
THE LAST OF THE DEPOT STRUCTURES WAS RAZED. **
(1993) * **
*3/4 inch lettering
* *1/2 inch lettering
* * *1/4 inch lettering