Wednesday Study Club Travels to Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum
Wed, 03/18/2026 - 6:46am
Members of the Rosebud Wednesday Study Club travelled to Temple on Wednesday March 11 and visited the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum. They were greeted by Courtney Carter, Educational Coordinator, who explained that in the 1880’s there was a need for a major junction point to provide services for railroad equipment, passengers, and employees and Temple was the perfect spot. The railroad laid out a town plan and auctioned off both residential and commercial lots on June 29, 1881, and by the end of the day, a total of 157 commercial and 28 residential lots were sold. The GC&SF christened the new town of Temple in honor of Bernard M. Temple, chief civil engineer of the railroad who built the tracks through Bell County.
