Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company Stock Certificate rare-original-maps-and-documents The Republic of Texas circulated

The Republic of Texas circulated its own richly engraved currency for nine years

There is a wealth of fascinating information marked in Texas such a Native American tribes

the Council of the Provisional Government called for an election on the first of February throughout Texas to select delegates who would meet a month later

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

and three months later the United States declared war on Mexico

Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Company Stock Certificate rare-original-maps-and-documents The Republic of Texas circulatedThe 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