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OTS History
History for OTS
Question | Answer |
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Texas Railroad Charter | 1837 |
International Great Northern Railroad completed in Spring. Brought 200 RR workers & German immigrants = sawmills, salloons, hotels, a hospital, an opera house and a bank. | 1871 |
Great Storm of Galveston | 1900 |
Hurricane = damaged opera house, destroyed train depot. | 1915 |
RR closed in Spring, moved to Houston | 1918 |
Prohibition | 1920 |
Great Depression | 1929 |
Spring revitalized | 1980 |
Wunsche Brothers receives historical marker | 1984 |
Old Town Spring receives historical marker | 2003 |
state granted a charter to Spring State Bank | 1910 |
Bonnie & Clyde | 1932 |
bank closed | 1934 |
Adam Klein obtained his mortician’s license | 1922 |
built the Wunsche Brothers Saloon and Hotel with lumber from their own sawmill | 1902 |
tanker exploded upon impact with the train engine. | 1974 |
Hudson's Whitehall built | 1897 |