Mesquite TX

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	Category	Stations & Structures

Description

Agent A.R. Alcott, an engineer for the Texas & Pacific Railroad, filed the first plat for the township of Mesquite with Dallas County on May 22, 1873. Less than two months later, the first train passed through the community traveling from Shreveport to Dallas.