The Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company $1000 Gold BondThe Houston & Texas Railway Company began as the Galveston and Red River Railway. The charter was obtained in 1848 for the proposed railroad from Houston to the Brazos River and the interior of Texas. Progress was slow on the proposed railroad. In 1856 the track laying began, and the line was renamed the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company. By the early 1870s the H&TC reached Corsicana, Dallas, and Denison. At Denison the H & TC connected with