This cache is dedicated to local history of the Texas Mexican Railway located in Alice, Texas.
Around 1880 the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, an early South Texas Railway, was organized with it's general offices in San Antonio. They attempted to build a line through Collins, which at that time had about 2,000 inhabitants. The townspeople were not amenable to selling their land to the railroad company; consequently, the railroad site was moved three miles west.
In 1883 a depot called Bandana was established at it's junction with the Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande Railway. Bandana soon became a thriving cattle shipping point, and application for a post office was made under the name Kleberg in honor of Robert Justus Kleberg. The postoffice petition was denied because a town named Kleberg already appeared on the post office list, so residents then chose the name Alice, in honor of Alice Gertudis King Kleberg, Kleberg's wife and the daughter of Richard King. Within a few years the remaining residents of Collins moved to Alice, which was by then a thriving community.
In 1925, the SA/AP Railway was leased to the Southern Pacific controlled Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railways and later was absorbed into the Union Pacific System.
In 1984, 1.6 miles in Alice were sold to Texas/Mexican Railway. The rest of the line was abandoned.
This information was compiled by geocacher Zazth and reused by me to extend the life and historical value of this cache.