Thanks Joe for the info on the crash at Crush. Say that real fast and keep your teeth in your mouth. These are some good sites to obtain info on the crash. In 1896 Granddaddy Wilcox would of been nearly 9. He died in 1977 and still remembered seeing the locomotives crashing together. His father died in AR in 1895, so this puts them back in TX by 1896, which I didn't think they were there by then. Thanks again!! Kay Frank ---------- > From: Joe D. Deaver <ancestry@deaver.com> > To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [TXBELL-L] TRAIN WRECK IN BELL CO EARLY 1900'S > Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 9:45 PM > > > Looks like that actually took place near Waco in 1896. There was a town > created (Crush, TX) just for the event. You can find a great story and > photos of the event at: > http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/crush.htm > > Also see: > http://www.flash.net/~cymartin/crossxroads/68crush.htm > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/llc1.html > http://www.texasfriendly.com/TxAmaze50.htm > http://www.star-traveler.com/comm/virtual/writers/kelton/facts4.htm > > > Joe D. Deaver > BellCoTX Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ > ancestry@deaver.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gail/Kay Frank [mailto:DukeandKay@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 5:16 PM > To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXBELL-L] TRAIN WRECK IN BELL CO EARLY 1900'S > > > Several years ago my mother sent me an article out of the Dallas Times > Herald about two trains that were 'meant' to crash head-on together on > tracks around Temple TX. It was before 1907, as my granddaddy got married > in 1907 and he remembers seeing this 'stunt' performed when he was a kid. > He was born in Temple in 1887 and his name was Garland Lamar Wilcox, so > James Monroe and Iona (Sullivan) Wilcox who had married there in January > 1887 and removed to Polk Co AR. > > Anyway, what I am mainly trying to find out is THE YEAR that the trains > crashed together. A lot of people showed up to watch the 'stunt' and > granddaddy had told us about it years ago, and finally this article was in > the Dallas newspaper about it. Can I find that article today? Not on your > life, or mine! > > Help!! > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell