This is a joint project undertaken in cooperation with three non-profit organizations. The East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) provided Jeanne Sellers, who did all of the indexes. I proofed and formatted all of the indexes for ETGS and the Smith County Historical Society (SCHS). SCHS also provided about 1/2 of the magazines and the website space. The Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society Tyler Tap Chapter, which provided the other 1/2 of the magazines and newsletters that will be uploaded later.

 

This project covers more than just Tyler, Texas. The Cotton Belt routes include the following cities:

Blytheville, Arkansas; Brinkley, Arkansas; Camden, Arkansas; Fordyce, Arkansas; Gillett, Arkansas; Jonesboro, Arkansas; Lewisville, Arkansas; Little Rock, Arkansas; McNeil, Arkansas; Memphis, Arkansas; Paragould, Arkansas; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Stamps, Arkansas; Stuttgard, Arkansas; Texarkana, Arkansas; Trumann, Arkansas; East St. Louis, Missouri; Caruthersville, Missouri; Illmo, Missouri; Malden, Missouri; New Madrid, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Wyatt, Missouri; Athens, Texas; Commerce, Texas, Corsicana, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Gatesville, Texas; Greenville, Texas; Jacksonville, Texas; Lufkin, Texas; Mt. Pleasant, Texas; Sherman, Texas; Texarkana, Texas; Tyler, Texas; and Waco, Texas.  The information was shown on a map (see below) that was printed in A Brief History Of The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines by Jacob E. Anderson.

 

We do not have a complete run of the magazines. If you have a copy that we do not have, we would welcome the chance to copy any missing issues. Or we would be happy to receive any copies as gifts.

 

The following is a listing of the copies that we own or have copies of are:

 

1946 Issue 1, 1946 Issue 3, 1949 Issue 4,

1949 Issue 5

1949 Issue 6

1949 Issue 8

1949 Issue 9

1955 Issue 11

1974 Spring Issue

1975 Spring Issue

Cumulative Index

Historical Construction Map of the Cotton Belt Route from A Brief History Of The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines (1947) by Jacob E. Anderson