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The Town That Lost Everything to a Railroad Decision
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The town of Kingston, Texas had 800 people, thriving businesses, and everything going for it. Then they made one decision that erased them from the map. In 1885, the Santa Fe Railroad came knocking. They wanted to run a line straight through Kingston. All they asked for was a little land and a small bonus. Kingston said no. Big mistake. The railroad didn't beg. They didn't negotiate. They bought land three miles away on open prairie and built their own town from scratch. They called it Celeste, named after the wife of a Santa Fe official as a thank you
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