Directly between Texarkana and St. Louis, Mo................................Texarkana is actually two cities.......with the same name.........on in Arkansas.........and one in Texas............

Why?  B/c going through the Rockies is no easy task...............the mountains are tall........and it snows during the summer...........there is always.......snow, cold.......ice..................it is far easier along the South...........from East to West...........


Railroads were quick to see the possibilities of this vast area, and in the late 1850s the builders of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad were pushing their line steadily across Arkansas. By 1874, they had crossed the Red River and had reached the Texas state line. Between February 16 and March 19, 1874, trains ran between the Texas border and the Red River, whence passengers and freight were ferried to Fulton to continue by rail. The Red River Bridge opened on March 20, 1874, and since then trains have run directly from Texarkana to St. Louis.