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*Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
*Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Collectively, the companies had more than 1,300 miles of track. The Wichita Falls and Northwestern and the Wichita Falls and Southern railroads reached into [[wheat]] and [[coal]]-producing areas. In 1911, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, also known as "the Katy," purchased from Kemp and Kell the Wichita Falls Railway, which linked Wichita Falls with Henrietta in Clay County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqw14|title=Wichita Falls Railway|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 20, 2013}}</ref> Until his death in 1941 at the age of 81, Kell still owned and managed 565 miles of railroad track.<ref name=tshao/> The Wichita Falls and Northwestern operated from 1906 to 1923 from Wichita Falls to Forgan in the Oklahoma Panhandle; it, too, was absorbed by the Katy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqw10|title=Donovan L. Hofsommer, "The Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway"|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref>
Collectively, the companies had more than 1,300 miles of track. The Wichita Falls and Northwestern and the Wichita Falls and Southern railroads reached into [[wheat]] and [[coal]]-producing areas. In 1911, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, also known as "the Katy," purchased from Kemp and Kell the Wichita Falls Railway, which linked Wichita Falls with Henrietta in Clay County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqw14|title=Wichita Falls Railway|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=July 10, 2020}}</ref> Until his death in 1941 at the age of 81, Kell still owned and managed 565 miles of railroad track.<ref name=tshao/> The Wichita Falls and Northwestern operated from 1906 to 1923 from Wichita Falls to Forgan in the Oklahoma Panhandle; it, too, was absorbed by the Katy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqw10|title=Donovan L. Hofsommer, "The Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway"|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 21, 2013}}</ref>
Kell was further heavily engaged in [[cattle]] ranching, [[farming]], and the refining of [[petroleum]] and cottonseed oil. From 1914 to 1927, he was appointed as a director of the Eleventh District [[Federal Reserve]] Bank, based in [[Dallas]]. During [[World War I]], he was the chairman of the milling division for both Texas and [[New Mexico]] under Food Administrator and later [[U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]]. In 1920, Kell was named a director of the United States [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=tshao/>
Kell was further heavily engaged in [[cattle]] ranching, [[farming]], and the refining of [[petroleum]] and cottonseed oil. From 1914 to 1927, he was appointed as a director of the Eleventh District [[Federal Reserve]] Bank, based in [[Dallas]]. During [[World War I]], he was the chairman of the milling division for both Texas and [[New Mexico]] under Food Administrator and later [[U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]]. In 1920, Kell was named a director of the United States [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=tshao/>