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Railroad Exhibit The Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks from the Red River to Arkansas City in 1887 going from Indian Territory on the South, through the Unassigned Lands and into Kansas, thus completing a railroad from Chicago to Galveston. A coal and water station was placed on the prairie to supply the steam engines with fuel. It was called Summit as it was the highest point between the Canadian and Cimarron Rivers. The name later became Edmond Station. The newly dug water well, 30 feet across and 120 feet deep, was lined with rock. A water tower, pump house and coal house were erected on a side track. The pump house was the first house in Edmond, and John and Cordelia Steen and their two-year old son, Charles, were the first family.
The namesake of Edmond, Oklahoma. A Friend. Normal has a warm friend, and although an artificial person, its friendship will be beneficial and appreciated. This friend is none other than the Santa Fe railroad company who have almost unsolicited, offered the normal commissioners one half rates on all stone from Augusta, Kansas. Our people appreciate this offer, for it shows that the Santa Fe takes an interest in Edmond and will do what it can to build up the town. The traveling freight agent, Edmond Burdick, while on his way south, stopped off here last week to see the town and the site chosen for the normal. He was very much pleased with both and said the town was named after him, and it was a source of pleasure for him to see the town doing so well. Courtesy: University of Central Oklahoma  Next
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