Written by JACQUE HILBURN-SIMMONS, Tyler Morning Telegraph; October 9, 2017
RUSK – In the late 1800s, prisoners from Rusk Penitentiary started building a railroad to help transport raw materials to support the institution’s iron smelting operations.
The line reached Palestine in the early 1900s and services along the 50-mile round trip route were expanded along the way to include freight and passengers.
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