Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas September 28, 1895 The last spike was driven in the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Road Wednesday, connecting South McAlester and Oklahoma City. The road is now complete from Wister, Indian Territory, to El Reno, Oklahoma, a distance of 240 miles. The first through train was a coal train. Double daily passenger trains will be put on October 15th, at which time a grand excursion will be run from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Oklahoma City. We learn that the line road, running a few miles from the Western boundary of Washington County, is progressing rapidly. One of the working parties is laying track south of Siloam Springs and thirty miles are expected to be ready by October 1st. That will complete the road to Patterson Gap, Indian Territory, nad trains will run regularly to that point. By January 1st the road is expected to be completed to the Arkansas River.- Fayetteville Sentinel. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/