of the Texas Midland Railroad
Originally known as Trinidad, Rosser depended on the Trinity River for trade until 1882, when a line of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad was built here. The company was later renamed the Texas Midland Railroad by Mrs. Hetty Green of New York, who bought the line in 1892. Operated by her son Edward H. R. Green, it had a dramatic impact on the early growth of Kaufman County. Rosser supplied lumber for ties, gravel for roadbeds and water for the locomotives. The brick depot, built here in 1917, replaced an earlier frame depot which burned.| HM Number | HM1T1S |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1982 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, July 14th, 2016 at 1:05pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14H E 739277 N 6405448 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.46245000, -96.45428040 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 27.747', W 96° 27.2568242' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 27' 44.82" N, 96° 27' 15.409452" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 972, 214, 903, 469 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 204 Main St, Kaufman TX 75142, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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