HomeMy WebLinkAboutInterurban History 120303Marker honors historic r
that connected Bryan and A&M
The Brazos County Historical Commission will dedi- 4,000, to Texas A &M, which had a student and faculty The plaque states: "During its 15 years of operation,
cate a historical marker at 10:30 a.m. today in the 400 population of 750. Passenger trolleys and gasoline- pow - the interurban railway greatly influenced the course of
block of College Main to recognize the Bryan and ered rail cars made 10 30- minute trips a day. Bryan's and College Station's urban development
College Interurban Railway. Along the route, landowners built residential subdivi- Today, the two cities merge indistinguishably at a point
Jerome "Jack" Zubik, who regularly rode the interur- sions and small farms and the city of Bryan created on the former Bryan and College Interurban Railway,
ban with his father from Bryan to Northgate, will be the Dellwood Park. Route."
guest speaker. To bolster the railroad's revenue, it added freight ser- The marker will be at the boun d
The interurban railway ran from Bryan to Texas vice in 1918. In 1923, the Bryan and College Interurban Charles Schultz, an archivist at Texas A &M H and
A &M from 1910 to 1923. In 1909 Bryan Mayor J.T. Railway went into receivership. In 1923 the S.S. Hunter chairman of the Brazos County Historical Commission;
Maloney and the city's retail merchants association estate bought the railroad. will welcome and recognize gn guests at the ceremony.
incorporated the railway.
The last recorded trip of the interurban took place on Both cities and the county will participate in the cere-
In 1910 the first trains ran from Bryan, population April 13, 1923.
mony.