He was at one point president of 9 different railroad companies.
A railroad company surveyed the area in the early 1860s.
In 1879, Columbus became the focus of a war between railroad companies.
Most of these east Texas families purchased land from the railroad companies.
The railroad company has been the city's main employment source for over a century.
The state gave a portion of its land to railroad companies to sell.
That same year he was elected as the railroad company's first Secretary.
After his retirement, he worked as a cook for a railroad company.
The stock of the railroad holding company is already trading above $31, however.
He was also an executive of two railroad companies, one before the war and another afterwards.
