The post office opened May 11, 1904, and the town became a flag stop on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
It was later purchased in 1923 by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
The space for the expansion was the right-of-way of the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
In 1871 to 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad built its track through the present county.
The city started as a stop on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
The track was subsequently take over by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
In 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad was extended to the area.
Before the line was completed in 1887, it was sold to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
Then he worked for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad of which his father was a large stockholder.
It was absorbed by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in 1881.
