- The “Wyman Road” entry redirects here.
The Pacific & Greater Eastern Railway was incorporated on Oct. 23, 1884, but construction didn’t begin immediately. The line connected to the Frisco mainline on the north side of the Fayetteville Depot on Dickson and headed south on West Avenue before following a downhill grade. The present-day Frisco Trail follows the original railroad grade as far as Prairie Street before bending easterly.
Near present-day Martin Luther King Boulevard, it began turning southeast and ran across present-day Walker Park and then went east to the Wyman community, crossing the White River just downstream of the present-day Wyman Road Bridge.
The rail company ran out of capital soon after reaching the community of Wyman, but operated a train on the line for Fayetteville residents to go swimming at the river.
The line itself was also referred to as the “Wyman Road.”
It was largely abandoned within a few years, but Frisco retained the portion running between the Fayetteville Depot and Prairie Street, using it to connect the Ozark & Cherokee Central Railway with the Frisco main line.