[1][2] Though incorporated July 15, 1899 under the laws of Indian Territory,[3][4] the railroad made little progress until the latter part of 1901, when a company called Johnston Brothers was contracted to do the construction.
[3] The attraction to Quanah, besides its connection with the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, was the chance to service the gypsum deposits around nearby Acme, Texas, since gypsum was a natural plaster-like building material.
[6][7][8] The Oklahoma company completed the trackage to the south bank of the Red River, giving it about 174 single-track miles total.
At Mountain Park, Oklahoma, a dispute between Jones and a landowner over a site for a depot caused the railroad to re-route two miles to the south through Snyder, Oklahoma, resulting in 41 of the 47 businesses in Mountain Park relocating to Snyder.
[11] Jones also platted Mustang, Oklahoma in November, 1901, even though a settlement there had possessed a post office since 1895.