Denison’s Dis-Membered Depot Traditional Cache

Local Lore

🕰️ Historical background

• The depot building, known as the Katy Depot for the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (often called the “Katy”), is located at 101 E. Main St., Denison, Texas. 

• Denison itself was founded in 1872 in conjunction with the Katy Railroad. 

• One historical account says the depot was built in 1911 (or the “current building” dates around then) and has been revitalized in recent years. 

👻 Ghost / paranormal lore

• According to a local story, “Over the years, hands, feet, toes… etc would get caught in between the rail cars and might need to be amputated. So, a graveyard was set up somewhere behind the Katy Depot, and they would hold funerals for everybody’s appendages that were lost.” 

• Reports of “weird feelings” when people walk by the depot, and dogs howling at night in that vicinity. 

• The depot is also the starting point for a local ghost tour  that moves down Main Street, covering haunted spots including the depot area.