The present highway from Stephenville to Fort Worth (377) began as a bison migration route, then Indians used it as well. By the 1870s it became “road” used by the Chidister Stage line, then a gravel road, in October of 1891 a railroad was completed along this route.

Lena Lewis, “Erath County: A Compilation,” Stephenville, Texas, 1938. Unpublished manuscript, Tarleton University library.