Five Rivers, Viserion break ground on train receiver

Facility will begin operations in 2026 

 BY BILL KELLY
Dalhart Texan

 A ground breaking for a new shuttle train receiver was organized and hosted by Five Rivers Cattle Feeding LLC, Viserion Grain LLC and the Dalhart Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday June 11. Representatives of Five Rivers and Viserion Grain along with Dalhart Mayor James Stroud, Dallam County Judge Wes Ritchey, Hartley County Judge Ronnie Gordon, Dalhart Area Chamber of Commerce President Kristy Detwiler and a few others broke ground on the facility that is being constructed by a partnership between Five Rivers and Viserion called 5V, LLC.

All Aboard!

 BY JONNA BRIDGMAN
Special to the Dalhart Texan

 Recently, I have seen people complaining on Facebook about the train noise at night. Others gripe about being held up at crossings. I would like to tell them that if it weren’t for the trains, there would be no Dalhart. 

Even before Dalhart was thought of, some passengers on the Rock Island line were not there by choice. A smallpox epidemic went up and down that line. One rail transport was designated as the “hospital train.” A doctor lived and had his office in one car. In other cars were the beds and patients. This took place during the late 1800s.

Dalhart man dies in head-on collision

 According to a report by the Texas Department of Public Safety, a head-on collision occurred late Monday June 15 on U.S. Highway 87 about eight miles northwest of Dalhart. The accident resulted in the death of one Dalhart man and serious injuries to a man from Richardson, Texas.