(1839-1926)
Welsh-born Morgan Jones arrived in the U.S. in 1866. As a contractor for numerous railroad lines, he became a railroad legend by laying tracks spanning more than 1,000 miles across Texas and the west. He was president of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company by 1884, and in 1906 began to construct the Abilene and Northern Railway. In 1908 Jones moved to Abilene, continuing railroad expansion by completing the Abilene and Southern Railway. He made extensive investments throughout Texas and contributed to Abilene| HM Number | HM1HH9 |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 12218 |
| Year Placed | 1998 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 5th, 2014 at 2:57am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 431886 N 3591696 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.46036667, -99.72475000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 27.622', W 99° 43.485' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 27' 37.32" N, 99° 43' 29.1" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 325 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1042 Cottonwood St, Abilene TX 79601, US |
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