In the early 20th century, there were many logging railroads in northernMS.  A short line was organized out of some of them, running from theM&O at Okolona, south west to Houston.  Later, the M&O bought it, andextended it to Calhoun City,  using some more logging roads.  In 1936,the M&O closed it, because it was not turning a profit.  It was boughtby some Houston  investors, and operated as the Okolona, Houston &Calhoun City, hauling passengers and freight, until it went broke in1939. In the summer of 1941, the father of the current owner bought theHouston depot along with it's three acres.  He moved his family into the passenger end, and opened a dry cleaners in the freight end.

In 1947, a new building was built on the east side of the property, and the drycleaning service was moved into it, where it remains today.  A house was built where a coal business had been on the west side of the property.The depot now houses a small equipment dealership.

This former line went from Okolona west to Van Vleet, then through Parkersburg to Houston.  From Houston the line went west through Hall, Pyland, Vardaman, Derma and into Calhoun City.  The ROW can still be made out on aerial photos and topo maps, and some of the old ROW has been used as dirt roads.