Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway
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Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway
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The Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway (BES) was built as a short line railroad operating in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. It was founded in March 1900 to link the Frisco Beaumont, Kansas subdivision and Vernon, Texas. When the government opened the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Indian Reservation for settlement on August 6, 1901, Choctaw Construction Company began construction of 251 miles of track from Vernon, Texas north to Blackwell and Enid in Indian Territory. The line was built in sections,
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Former railway operating in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell,_Enid_and_Southwestern_Railway
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2023-11-30T23:20:27Z
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