Step back into history and see “Arthur Stilwell’s Dream of Steam” Sept. 8-11 at the Railway Museum of San Angelo. Arthur Stilwell had a dream--and San Angelo was at the heart of that dream.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Port Arthur has a lot to celebrate. As of Friday, the city is 125 years old. The city if named after its founder, Arthur Stilwell, and was founded in 1898.

Arthur Stilwell, the namesake of Port Arthur, founded the predecessor of KCS — the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad — with a plan to create a bridge between manufacturers and ...

Stilwell was also president of Arkansas Townsite Co., a Missouri corporation that owned land around the settlement. The company sent in surveyors to mark off blocks, streets and alleys for the town.

Arthur E. Stilwell (Oct. 12, 1859 – Sept. 26, 1928) founded the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad, a predecessor of Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). He served as ...

Arthur Stilwell enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 16 and served from 1940 to 1946 in the Atlantic, Pacific, Sicily and North African campaigns of WWII.

The National Railroad Hall of Fame honored three rail industry icons in an induction ceremony on Nov. 19 at Union Station Kansas City: Downing B. Jenks, Arthur E. Stilwell and Paul M ...

"Arthur Stilwell founded the city of Port Arthur and Port Arthur is named after him. He came here and started a grain business, he started the Kanas City Southern Railroad," Avery said.