Cotton Belt Railway Project – Full Details
Collaborating Organizations
Organization
Contribution
| East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) | Provided volunteer Jeanne Sellers, who created all the indexes. |
| Smith County Historical Society (SCHS) | Scott Fitzgerald proofread and formatted indexes for ETGS and SCHS; provided about half of the magazines; and hosts the content on the SCHS website. |
| Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society – Tyler Tap Chapter | Provided the remaining magazines and newsletters (to be uploaded later). |
Cities Covered by the Cotton Belt Routes
State
Cities
| Arkansas | Blytheville, Brinkley, Camden, Fordyce, Gillett, Jonesboro, Lewisville, Little Rock, McNeil, Memphis, Paragould, Pine Bluff, Stamps, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Trumann |
| Missouri | East St. Louis, Caruthersville, Illmo, Malden, New Madrid, St. Louis, Wyatt |
| Texas | Athens, Commerce, Corsicana, Dallas, Fort Worth, Gatesville, Greenville, Jacksonville, Lufkin, Mt. Pleasant, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler, Waco |
These routes are shown on a map printed in A Brief History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines by Jacob E. Anderson.
Current Holdings
Year
Issue(s)
| 1946 | Issue 1, Issue 3 |
| 1949 | Issue 4, Issue 5, Issue 6, Issue 8, Issue 9 |
| 1955 | Issue 11 |
| 1974 | Spring Issue |
| 1975 | Spring Issue |
| ____ | Cumulative Index |
We are still missing several issues.
If you own copies we do not have, we would greatly appreciate the opportunity to borrow and copy them — or receive them as donations.
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