St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad

A Frisco predecessor, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, had built into Sapulpa in the 1885-1886 timeframe.^[1][2] Against that backdrop, two Oklahoma City businessmen incorporated STLOC on November 20, 1895, under the laws of the then Territory of Oklahoma, for the purpose of running a line from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City.^[3][4] However, they completed no actual construction by February 10, 1898, on which date they passed control of the company to the railroad's construction contractor, Indianoma Construction Company.^[4] The contractor on the same date agreed to sell STLOC to another Frisco predecessor, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company, when the trackage was finished.^[4]

In that same year of 1898, STLOC completed the 103.2 miles of standard gauge, single track railroad from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City.^[3][4] STLOC was then sold in accordance with the previous agreement on January 1, 1899, with a formal conveyance by STLOC of all its property to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company on March 28, 1899.^[3] The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company was in turn sold under foreclosure to the Frisco on September 15, 1916.^[3]

The railroad trackage is still in existence, and is now operated by the Stillwater Central Railroad.^[5]