From Cane Island to the Katy Railroad
The golden age of rice and silos
The modern master-planned boom
YOUR GOAL
Master of Growing together in Katy Texas
007skaty On September 8, 1900, the deadliest U.S. natural disaster destroyed Katy, leaving only six homes and forcing survivors
007skaty Steer the locomotive to discover how the railroad transformed Cane Island into modern Katy.
Katy's name origin: The town name 'Katy' comes from the MKT railroad stock ticker symbol 'K-T', which was pronounced as 'Katy' by early railroad workers.
A permanent road laid with rails on which locomotives and cars run. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas line reached Cane Island in 1895, prompting the community's renaming to Katy.
What natural landmark along the creek did early travelers use to navigate through the Katy, Texas area in the mid-1800s?
What geological feature beneath the Katy Prairie's topsoil traps water and makes it ideal for rice farming?
In what year did the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad officially lay tracks and plat the town of Katy, Texas?
How many homes in Katy, Texas, were left standing after the devastating Galveston Hurricane of 1900?