Railroad Station in Ranger, Texas
Ranger, TX
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| Photo Credit | University of Texas at Arlington Library - The Portal to Texas History | |
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| Category | Stations & Structures |
Description
Photograph of a large crowd of people waiting outside of a train station. A large building and train tracks are visible in the photograph. Handwritten at the top of the photograph is, "L. Swagerty: R.R. Station at Ranger, Tex during oil boom of 1918". Typed on the back of the photograph is, "Ten times a day, trains of the Texas & Pacific Line pulled into Ranger to disgorge their load of passengers who had packed the coach seats, stood in the aisles and, in some cases, ridden atop the cars".
[Railroad Station in Ranger, Texas], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38387/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.