Houston Plank Road Company
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houston-plank-road-company-192-16622426
title:
Houston Plank Road Company
text:
The Houston Plank Road Company was formed in 1850 by businessmen with interests in Houston, Texas, including Thomas M. Bagby, Paul Bremond, Thomas William House, William J. Hutchins, William Marsh Rice, A.S. Ruthven, and B.A. Shepherd. Many farmers along the Brazos and Colorado River valleys shipped their produce to the Houston wharf in order to transload to steamships. Freight transportation by wagon was both slow and expensive. They planned to construct a road from Houston to the Brazos River,
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American transportation company
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Plank_Road_Company
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date modified:
2020-06-18T17:39:18Z
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