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Jacksboro's First Railroad Depot

Jacksboro, Jack County

Marker Text

Built 1898 of native stone by Risley Brothers of Jacksboro, for the Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway, on site bought from F. F. Foscue (1819-1906), a Texas legislator, owner of Fort Richardson lands. In typical railroad architecture, the depot housed waiting rooms and offices. Mrs. Edith Wilmans, a local rancher, Texas' first (1923) woman legislator, often traveled from this station. The Rock Island system sold the structure in 1973 to Texas Export Railroad Company. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1974.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description at end of Depot Street, at east gate of Fort Richardson State Historical Park
Marker # 2700
Dedicated 1974
Size, Type 16" x 12"
Code railroad depots; railroads; women, women's history topics
Latitude, Longitude 33.208022, -98.161371

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