This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CmB.2ACI/831.2 Message Board Post: The Texas & Pacific Railway arrived in Mineral Wells in 1880, built out from Fort Worth on its route toward El Paso. It began laying track in April and by August had reached Santo, TX in the southwestern part of Palo Pinto County. Michael Pettit