Highrise Tower Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 This week I came to a troubling point about the location of an old city hospital. The hospital was said to be near "HE&WT". I had no idea what that meant so I looked into it. Cool history here! TSHA: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/houston-east-and-west-texas-railway The Houston East and West Texas Railway Company was chartered on March 11, 1875, to build a narrow gauge railroad between Houston and Texarkana and to connect Houston with Corpus Christi and Laredo through Victoria and Goliad. Branch lines were projected to Tyler and Waco and from Goodrich to a point on the Sabine River. The initial directors of the company were Bremond, F. A. Rice, S. C. Timpson, Henry Fox, W. D. Cleveland, Abraham Groesbeeck, and John Shearn. Other early stockholders included Thomas W. House, William R. Baker, Eber W. Cave, John T. Brady, William J. Hutchins, B. A. Botts, and Eugene Pillot. Stock certificate: An advertisement from a newspaper: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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