When the Texas and Pacific and Missouri, Kansas, and Texas RR's arrived, railroad shops opened and town became a railroad junction point. Diversified industries and agriculture play a dominant role in today's economy. More than a dozen antique and craft shops await shoppers. Bed and breakfast facilities offered in historic buildings. Railroad Museum Railroad memorabilia housed in old depot on Front St. recall early days of Mineola.
Exhibits document the cotton industry and shipping of bales of cotton on trains to markets.
Nearby is restored caboose.