Resources of the State of Arkansas With Description of Counties Railroads Mi
Resources of the State of Arkansas With Description of Counties Railroads Mi
James P Henry
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Jackson. Pulaski. jBatesville Clarksville Jackson port ^Little Kock Camden ilonticello Dre^v Duvalls Blufl". Napoleon Desha. Dardanelle Pine Blufl'. Jefferson. Fort Smith Searcv White. Fayetteville Hempstead. THE RAILROADS OF ARKANSAS. In 1860 Arkansas had but 38-| miles of completed railroad. In 1870 there were 128 miles of operated railroad in the state — one mile of railroad to every 407f square miles, and one mile to every 3906 inhabitants. In 1868 an act was submitted to and ratified by th...e people, granting state aid to the extent of $15, 000 per mile to roads having no land grants, and $10, 000 per mile to those with such a grant, to the extent of 850 miles. Thi>^ aid has been awarded to the followinof roads: KESOUHCES OF ARKANSAS. 69 THE CAIRO AND FULTON EAILROAD COMPANY Was organized under a cliarter granted hy the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas on tlie twelfth day of January, 1853, and by subsequent acts. It was fully empow- ered to construct and operate a road, beginning at a p'bint on the Mississippi river opposite the mouth of the Ohio, in the state of Missouri, and thence southwest by way of Little Rock to the Texas boundary line, near Fulton, with all the neces- sary branches, so as to enter the northeastern and northwest- ern portions of Texas.
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