Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company Stock Certificate rare-original-maps-and-documents Several state capitals are recorded

Several state capitals are recorded that were subsequently changed: Milledegeville (GA) Vandalia (IL) and Cahawba (AL) and Arkopolis

The first American offensive move in the Revolutionary War came over a year before the Declaration of Independence was signed

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The Spanish Conquistadors established control of the American Southwest centuries before the other European powers and before the American Colonists became interested in the region

Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company Stock Certificate rare-original-maps-and-documents Several state capitals are recordedThe Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway was chartered in 1885 in order to construct a line between Forth Worth and Brownwood, TX a distance of 127 miles. The line was part of a plan to build a transcontinental railroad through Texas, from New York to Mexico. Fort Worth businessmen also believed the Fort Worth and Rio Grande would strengthen the local economy by bringing foreign trade, the Southwest Texas livestock business, and additional service and