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 | | Morgan Jones, railroad builder, son of Morgan and Mary (Charles) Jones, was born near Tregynon, Montgomery County, Wales, on October 7, 1839. |
 | | During the next five decades Jones built hundreds of miles of Texas railroads and engaged in numerous industrial, farming, banking, lumber, and ranching enterprises throughout the West. |
 | | After the major trans-Texas roads were completed, Jones constructed, operated, and controlled numerous short-line railroads, including the Panhandle, the Wichita Falls and Oklahoma, the Wichita Valley, the Abilene and Southern, and the Abilene and Northern. |
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