 During the 1880s the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, more popularly known as the “Frisco”, built a line from north to south through the Choctaw Nation, connecting Fort Smith, Arkansas with Paris, Texas.The railroad paralleled the Kiamichi River throughout much of its route in present-day Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.Train stations were established every few miles to aid in opening up the land and, more particularly, to serve as the locations of section houses.