Updated 05/15/2006

The railroads not only were key to opening Oklahoma for settlement, but also enabled pioneers to stay in touch with friends and family they left behind.  

Individual pages are being set up on this site for each Railroad in Oklahoma and stations  are being identified and transcribed.  "Soon" even the most obscure ones should be accessible to the our search engine.  

Oklahoma The formatted 1915 maps provide easy-to-read color-coded images for individual counties and the original color images are available for each county from the State Gateway.  There are also two larger full-color images.  The Western half covers the Panhandle and all of western Oklahoma extending to the east of Oklahoma City.  The Eastern half covers all of eastern Oklahoma extending to the west of Oklahoma City.   There is enough overlap that the central counties are not split but appear on both images.  Be forewarned that these are extremely large files.

The collection also includes regional maps for the other 47 states:

State Maps

Description
Alabama   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Arkansas Color Image of the western part of the state, including all of the Oklahoma/Arkansas border. Color images of Northeastern and Southeastern Arkansas complete coverage of the state.
Arizona   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
California   New: Color Image of the Northeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Northwestern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southwestern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Colorado   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Connecticut   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Delaware   New: Color Image of the entire state. 
District of Columbia   New: Color Image of the district and some of the state of Maryland. 
Florida   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Georgia   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Idaho   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Illinois   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Indiana   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Iowa   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Kansas Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Kentucky   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Louisiana   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Maine   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Maryland  New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Massachusetts   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Michigan   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Minnesota   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Mississippi   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Missouri   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Montana   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Nebraska   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Nevada   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
New Hampshire   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
New Jersey   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
New Mexico   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
New York   New: Color Image of the Northeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Northwestern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southwestern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
North Carolina   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
North Dakota   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Ohio   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Oklahoma Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Oregon   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Pennsylvania   New: Color Image of the Northeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Northwestern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southwestern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Rhode Island   New: Color Image of the entire state.  
South Carolina   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
South Dakota   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Tennessee   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Texas   New:  Color Image of the central part of West Texas.   Color image of the southern part of West Texas, including an insert of the northern part of the Panhandle.   Color Image of the Northeastern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southeastern part of the state.  Together, these cover the entire state.  Still online:  a very large Black & White image of eastern  Texas, covering the Oklahoma/Texas border from Clay County on the west all the way through Bowie County and the Arkansas border and extending south past Corpus Cristi. 
Utah   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Vermont   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Virginia   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Washington   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
West Virginia   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Wisconsin   New: Color Image of the Northern part of the state.  Color Image of the Southern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.
Wyoming   New: Color Image of the Western part of the state.  Color Image of the Eastern part of the state.  Together, they cover the entire state.

I have also uploaded a few worksheets to illustrate the process involved in matching towns with railroads.  These are even larger than the images in the above table.  It will take several minutes to download one of these very large images and individual place names are still difficult to read at this definition, but you may find the pattern of railroad stations and bypassed towns useful.  Because these images are so large and of limited interest, I have no plans to include them in routine updates.  Please write to me if you want to know whether a newer worksheet is available.

Western Oklahoma Central Oklahoma Eastern Oklahoma

 

The following links are to relevant maps I've found online.  As none are on this site, you'll have to use the "Back" button to return here.

The 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer

Posted by Pam Rietsch

This site includes many different railroad maps, centered on the Great Lakes region but including lines that extend to all parts of the county.  If you haven't visited it before, you'll probably want to browse through the Index.

The following quick links are to maps that include what is now the state of Oklahoma:

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska

Illinois Central

Missouri Pacific

Union Pacific
 

Iron Roads - Making Tracks Across Nebraska

Posted by John McCoy

Although the focus is on Nebraska Railroads, this site includes many useful links and maps that show transportation links between Nebraska and early Oklahoma. I suggest starting on his main page.

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