Katy System (c. 1903)

ID: 1619 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries ~ Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company
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Katy System (c. 1903)

In its early days, the M-K-T was often referred to as the K-T or the “Katy.” This map, believed to have been published circa 1903, displays the company’s extensive system of tracks extending from Galveston north to Nebraska.

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By Terri Jo Ryan
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company began its corporate existence in the days following the Civil War and was intended to funnel business from Kansas City and points north and east to a new rail route being cut across Indian Territory and…