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439:. He planned to finance the railroad with the proceeds of 1272 unsold lots totaling 3,617 acres (1,464 ha) in Harrisburg, Texas. The plan was to form a strategic relationship with Galveston, bypassing Houston for freight from the Brazos River valley. After finding northern investors, he succeeded in chartering the company by act of the
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connected Houston to the B.B.B.C. lines in 1858 and after
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stopped construction towards Austin, the citizens of
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958:Briscoe, P. (1904). "The First Texas Railroad".
992:. Houston: St.Clair Publishing. pp. 54–57.
16:First operating railroad in the State of Texas
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1008:"BUFFALO BAYOU, BRAZOS AND COLORADO RAILWAY"
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