Mount Enterprise High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Mount Enterprise, TX)

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The railroad was abandoned alto- gether by 1926 and was no longer used as a mode of transportation. Today no traces of the depot site and tracks are to be seen. Pictures portraying the railroad and other early scenes of the town will be found throughout this section. School group at New Mt. Enterprise This passenger service ran from Mt Enterprise to Caro during the early history of the railroad. Railway passenger service Depot scene Cotton shipped by rail

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The Masonic Lodge was organized in Mt. Enter- prise about 1848. Many of the early members' de- scendants are living in Mt. Enterprise today. The Lodge met on the second Saturday each month. In 1854 there were forty-one members. A large number of the young men of Mt. Enter- prise enlisted in the Confederate Army. Many saw much service during the Civil War. After the war, during reconstruction days, many were urged to move west where the land was cheap. The wagon factory survived two more decades and was aban- doned. Old Birdwell Home In 1851 the Mt. Enterprise Male and Female College was established. The college was sponsored by the Disciples of Christ in Texas. This school operated until 1855 under the presidency of Charles Vinzent. In 1879 Mt. Enterprise had its first free public school after the Free Public School System began in 1878. By 1880 the town had three saw- mills, two cotton gins, three churches, a free school and a population of 150. Many of the farmers owned slaves during the period of slavery until Abe Lincoln issued the famous edict of June 19th. Early school group at the new school School house completed at new town Before 1908 a branch railroad was established from the new town site which was one and one-half miles from the old town site. The Caro Northern Railway ran from Mt. Enterprise to Caro carrying both passengers and freight. The citizens voted to move the town site be- cause of the establishment of the railroad. The new town was to be called 'New Mt. Enterprise . With the coming of the highway in 1923 the railroad was abandoned.

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Armistice Day Parade 1918 Students take part in a parade New Town Site 1920 Presbyterian Church Z I L lAl'l DIWID fflllf. IT. IUTIIPBIII, TEXAS. Early homes located in the New Town Site An early scene of the first street in the New Town