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OTS History
History for OTS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |