Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad
The Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad (DE&G) was built as a short line railroad operating in Kansas, and Oklahoma. Incorporated in Oklahoma as the Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad Company, March 31, 1902, by the five Frantz Brothers.
Grain elevator by railroad in Enid, Oklahoma
A train on the tracks near Blanton, Oklahoma
Train tracks at Blanton, Oklahoma
Enid is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King. In 1991, the Oklahoma state legislature designated Enid the "purple martin capital of Oklahoma." Enid holds the nickname of "Queen Wheat City" and "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma and the United States for its immense grain storage capacity, and has the third-largest grain storage capacity in the world.
Downtown Enid (2007)
The Broadway Tower, Enid's tallest building, was built during the city's "Golden Age".
Enid is the county seat of Garfield County, and is home to the county courthouse.
Downtown Enid in wintertime.
