M-K-T Shops

ID: 1578 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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M-K-T Shops

Since industry centered upon the railroad in Bellmead for so long, citizens relied upon M-K-T shops to supply all of their needs. If they were not able to find what they were looking for, residents traveled to Waco or other areas to search other shops.

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By Charles Olson & Amanda Sawyer
The roots of Bellmead grew out of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (M-K-T). In June of 1910, M-K-T purchased 90 percent of the Texas Central Railway, a line of tracks running 268 miles from Waco to Rotan. Because of Waco’s central location…