All is Right in Whitewright |
Cotton gins and rail road tracks from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad dominate the scenery around Whitewright . |
Where's Whitewright, you ask? It's in southeastern Grayson County on US 69 and TX 11, which is the former alignment of the Jefferson Highway. |
Many a pig passed here on its way to becoming sausage in downtown Whitewright. |
Petty's Texas & Pacific depot now sits a few yards removed from the train tracks for the former MKT. |
Abandoned machinery from the former city pumping station near downtown. |
I love finding utlitarian pieces from the past: here's a horse hitch and buggy step on a sidestreet in Whitewright. |
Questions or comments? E-mail me: robin@redriverhistorian.com |
The Missouri Kansas Texas depot at Whitewright was torn down in the 1970s. The city apparently regretted this deicsion and brought the Texas & Pacific Railroad depot from Petty (Lamar County) over, which now sits close to the area where the old depot once was. |
The old high school also hosted college classes before it burned down. |
The depot for the Cotton Belt (St. Louis Southwestern Railway) is now someone's home. |
How to get there |