Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line

Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line linking Dallas, Denton, and Chicago. It was raining, and the photo was taken in north Dallas, near Garland. Among the men heading the groundbreaking ceremony were Railroad president Fred Gurley who is at the podium, Jerome Crossman, president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce is standing to his left, E. W. Morrison, a Denton businessman who strongly supported the line, Dallas Mayor R. L. Thornton, and Denton Mayor J. L. Yarbrough.
Date: December 11, 1954
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962 (open access)

National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962

Resource Material on the National Current Agenda from the League of Women Voters of Denton's Unit Meeting on January 10 - 11, 1962.
Date: December 11, 1961
Creator: Provisional League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History