Texas Standard » Stories from Texas

How The Railroad Help Built Texas

03.09.2022 - By Texas Standard, W.F. StrongPlay

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Early Texas towns took hold alongside protected bays – think Galveston and Corpus Christi. Others developed along the banks of fine rivers, such as San Antonio, Goliad and El Paso. But later it was the steel tributaries called railroads that were planting the seeds that raised towns alongside them. Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong says […]

More episodes from Texas Standard » Stories from Texas