Postal inspectors effectively pulled the plug on a Corsicana-to-Palestine electric railway on Dec. 4, 1907, by banning the fraudulent firm from the U.S. mail.
Following a modest debut in Ohio in 1889, the revolutionary new mode of transportation took the country by storm. Enthusiasts brashly boasted the so-called “interurban” would make the iron horse as obsolete as the covered wagon.
Realistic boos…
