Pine Bluff was once Cotton Belt railway hub The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source

In 1875, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began in Tyler, Texas. James W. Paramore, who led a group of investors that later owned the company, saw this railroad as a way to establish St. Louis as the primary gateway for selling cotton from the southwest in eastern markets. Thus the St. Louis Southwestern Railway became better known as the Cotton Belt.

Arkansas Railroad Museum

Arkansas Railroad Museum

Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, February 06, 1916, Page FIVE, Image 5 - Chronicling America - The Library of Congress

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ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Visitors to Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff follow tracks through history

cotton belt route

cotton belt route

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Visitors to Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff follow tracks through history

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