![]() ![]() Ponca City Rock Island Depot was lucky enough to be fully restored, painted as a two-toned rose building, and is now a medical marijuana dispensary. The Ponca City Landmark Conservancy is negotiating to acquire the depot and restore it. By the year 2000, the building was boarded up and unused. The Texas Chief operated between Chicago and Houston, starting on May 1, 1971. Amtrak used this station for their Texas Chief and Lone Star passenger trains. The former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train station sits beside the mainline running through town, which is now operated by BNSF Railway. Ten men were sleeping in the waiting room at the time of the robbery and were not awaken until the explosion occurred, all were being held as suspects. ![]() ![]() He blew the safe open and fled the scene with $1,500. He then proceeded to tie Shelps up being a building and returned to the depot. Shelp, the Santa Fe night agent to put his hands up and follow him across the tracks. According to the Shawnee News-Star, an unknown man with a soft southern drawl ordered J.A. On April 12, 1920, the Santa Fe depot experienced something out of a wild west movie. Nearby Perry decided it would duplicate the new Ponca City depot in its town because of its stature and modernistic qualities. The handsome architecture was something the community had never seen in a depot before making it appealing to all eyes. The new depot was dedicated on April 22, 1911, on the anniversary day of Oklahoma becoming a territory. Costs stacked up to a little over the planned $20,000 with construction costs coming in at $22,000. Featuring pebble-dash over brick veneer giving the appearance of a solid concrete building. It would end up being a state-of-the-art Spanish Mission Revival-style passenger depot. In 1910 after much discussion it was agreed that work would commence on a new Santa Fe depot. New Ponca City Depot Ponca City Democrat Mar 23, 1911 The move was made at nightfall to ensure that the Cross residents weren’t able to secure an injunction to stop the move. Liddle, a Santa Fe agent was promised two lots of land, good ones at that, by the Ponca City Mayor did he agree to have the depot at Cross and its offices moved to Ponca City in 1984. This new station was given the name “White Eagle” by Santa Fe officials to honor the Ponca’s chieftain and then “New” Ponca became Ponca City. 22, 1894.Ī temporary depot was made out of a freight car fitted with windows. Finally agreeing to do so but without building a depot, the first trained stopped at “New” Ponca at 9:27 a.m. Numerous letters and telegrams were sent to Santa Fe officials to have a Ponca City Depot, pushing further once “New” Ponca’s population reached that of Cross. This meant “New” Ponca residents were made to drive to the Cross depot every day. With stations in Cross and “Old” Ponca, Santa Fe refused to stop when passing through “New” Ponca because it didn’t see financial gain. Cross Oklahoma a ghost town now, felt that for a Cross man to visit Ponca City was like putting a target on your back. How Ponca City got its depot is a very interesting one, starting with a rivalry between two towns. ![]()
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