Editing Hemphill County, Texas (section)

===Influence of Santa Fe Railroad===
In 1886, the Southern Kansas Railway Company, a Santa Fe subsidiary, began to build a rail line into the Panhandle of Texas. The tracks entered Hemphill County during 1887 and further encouraged settlement in the area, creating three town sites: Mendota, Canadian, and Glazier.

In 1907, Canadian was designated a division point by the Santa Fe, a factor that brought diversification to the previously ranching economy of the area. The Santa Fe influence remained very strong until the mid-1950s, when the railway moved its employees to Amarillo.

Meanwhile, Hemphill County was roughly the midway point of two smaller lines, the [[Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad|Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad Company]] and the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|access-date=April 27, 2013}}</ref>