Tag: St. Louis & San Francisco Railway

St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.

January 17, 2026

This railway, known as the Frisco for shorthand, had general offices at St. Louis, Missouri, and built a network of rail lines across parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, including a line that ran from Monette, Missouri, southwest through Fayetteville to Fort Smith and reaching Paris, Texas, when completed. This line became … More St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.

Harvey House

December 30, 2025

Professor Tom Paradise and University of Arkansas students went through the records of the Harvey House company, which operated restaurants, hotels and newsstands along major western railway routes, and showed that the Fayetteville Depot on Dickson Street included a Harvey House newsstand, starting about 1945 and continuing until at least 1965, when the St. Louis … More Harvey House