At the beginning of the 1750s, the most important of the several Wichita tribes, known as the Taovaya, established two large twin villages, one on the north side of Red River in Jefferson County, Oklahoma and the other one on the south side at Spanish Fort, Texas. Those settlements were known as the Twin Villages.
The transcontinental railroad allowed for the transportation of goods over long distances. This was especially helpful for the industrial north at the time.
