Whitewright: Elmer Fudd's nemsis
Cotton gins and rail road tracks
from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Railroad dominate the scenery
around  Whitewright .
The tongue-twistery town or Whitewright, in
southeastern Grayson County in Texas, was named
after an investor in the Missouri-Kanas-Texas Railroad.
Even before the trains came to town, however,
emigrants from Kentucky began a settlement here.
Just to the north is one of their first attempts at putting
down roots, Kentuckytown, where William Quantrill
camped for a time during the Civil War before being run
out of the state.

The city grew during the post-war cotton boom, though
two large fires threatened to wipe out any prosperity
gained. The town held on, however, and its population
hasn't declined by much even when  the trains - both
the KATY and the Cotton Belt Route - stopped coming
through.

The economic history of Whitewright is still on view
today. The remains of cotton gins, lumber mills,  flour
mills, and cotton seed oil mills make up the industrial
section of this little town, as does a defunct slaughter
house.

With fertile black-land soil surrounding it, Whitewright  
is still a  farming center. The town's close proximity to
the outlying suburbs of Dallas helps keep the town
going. Historic homes and a local history museum
make this town a nice excursion for a daytripper.
Where's Whitewright, you ask? It's in
southeastern Grayson County on TX 11.
See for yourself:
Many a  pig passed here on their
way to becoming sausage.
A monochromatic study of industry - my new
oevre. Or not...
The Cotton Belt Route Depot or KATY depot sits
forgotten a few yards removed from the train tracks.