in 1877, the florence, el dorado, and walnut valley railroad company built a train line from florence to el dorado, in 1881 it was extended to douglass, and later to arkansas city. the line was leased and operated by the atchison, topeka and santa fe railway. the line from florence to el dorado was abandoned in 1942. the train line connected florence, burns, de graff, el dorado, augusta, douglass, rock, akron, winfield, arkansas city.