August 8, 2012

With the construction of thousands of miles of railroad tracks throughout Arkansas, passenger service became a major means of travel by the late nineteenth century. Most towns, large or small, were provided the service by a number of rail lines. Passengers are shown here in the early 1900s boarding the Kansas City Southern Railway at Sulphur Springs (Benton County).

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