sentences:  The catalyst for the decline was a dispute with the Rock Island Railroad over payment for a proposed local crossing (the Katy crossing).The railroad refused to pay, and routed the railway through Ringgold, Texas and away from Belcherville, triggering the beginning of an exodus from the city.But the biggest blow to the city occurred in 1893 on February 6 and 7, when most of the city's business district burned down.