RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES

The Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railroad got its nickname, “Watermelons, Mineral Water and Nowhere Whisky” because Weatherford, Texas called itself "The Watermelon Capitol of the World”, Mineral Wells was a spa for mineral baths in the 1920s and 1930s, and the strict Christian fundamentalist thought of the area banned whiskey. ................
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