December 9, 1874

The Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was reorganized as the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway. The line was ultimately purchased in 1882 by New York financier Jay Gould and combined with the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway to make the largest railroad system in Arkansas at the time.

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