Whitewright:
Elmer Fudd's
nemsis
Cotton gins and rail road tracks
from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Railroad dominate the scenery
around  Whitewright .
The tongue-twistery town or Whitewright, in
southeastern Grayson County in Texas, was
named after an investor in the
Missouri-Kanas-Texas Railroad. Even before
the trains came to town, however, emigrants
from Kentucky began a settlement here. Just
to the north is one of their first attempts at
putting down roots, Kentuckytown, where
William Quantrill camped for a time during the
Civil War before being run out of the state.

The city grew during the post-war cotton boom,
though two large fires threatened to wipe out
any prosperity gained. The town held on,
however, and its population hasn't declined by
much even when  the trains - both the KATY
and the Cotton Belt Route - stopped coming
through.

The economic history of Whitewright is still on
view today. The remains of cotton gins, lumber
mills,  flour mills, and cotton seed oil mills
make up the industrial section of this little
town, as does a defunct slaughter house.

With fertile black-land soil surrounding it,
Whitewright  is still a  farming center. The
town's close proximity to the outlying suburbs
of Dallas helps keep the town going. Historic
homes and a local history museum make this
town a nice excursion for a daytripper.
Where's Whitewright, you ask? It's in
southeastern Grayson County on TX 11.
See for yourself:
Many a  pig passed here on their
way to becoming sausage.
A monochromatic study of industry - my new
oevre. Or not...
The Cotton Belt Route Depot sits forgotten a few
yards removed from the train tracks.