| Marker Number |
557 |
| Atlas Number |
5417000557 |
| Marker Title |
Bud Matthews Switch of the Texas Central Railway |
| Index Entry |
Matthews, Bud, Switch of the Texas Central Railway |
| Address |
US 180 |
| City |
Albany |
| County |
Shackelford |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
451575 |
| UTM Northing |
3622137 |
| Subject Codes |
railroads; cattle, cattle industry topics |
| Marker Year |
1992 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
about 14 mi. W of Albany |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1900 the Texas Central Railway extended a line northwest from Albany across this portion of Rose Ella (Matthews) Conrad's cattle ranch. Ella and her brother John A. "Bud" Matthews, for whom this site is named, promptly constructed cattle pens and a loading chute at this location. Surrounding ranchers soon were shipping their cattle from this switch to markets in Fort Worth. As many as 105,000 head of cattle were shipped annually until the railroad ceased operations in 1967. Since that year local ranchers have continued to load cattle onto trucks from this site. (1992) |
