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Author: Terry L. Baldridge Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738552767 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, plans were underway in Boston for a railroad construction project to begin in Greenup County, Kentucky. Eventually the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company would extend its main track through two more counties, Carter and Lawrence. Spanning just 36 miles of main track from Riverton to Webbville, the Eastern Kentucky Railway became a lifeline for the economic and social activities of the people of northeastern Kentucky. Even though the original plan of extending the railway much farther south and bridging the Ohio River to the north never came about, the railway struggled along for more than 65 years. Many people who grew up along the line passed their experiences to younger generations; some, like Jesse Stuart, wrote about them. This volume will show life along the rail line that lent its name to the highways now running its route.
Author: Terry L. Baldridge Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738552767 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, plans were underway in Boston for a railroad construction project to begin in Greenup County, Kentucky. Eventually the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company would extend its main track through two more counties, Carter and Lawrence. Spanning just 36 miles of main track from Riverton to Webbville, the Eastern Kentucky Railway became a lifeline for the economic and social activities of the people of northeastern Kentucky. Even though the original plan of extending the railway much farther south and bridging the Ohio River to the north never came about, the railway struggled along for more than 65 years. Many people who grew up along the line passed their experiences to younger generations; some, like Jesse Stuart, wrote about them. This volume will show life along the rail line that lent its name to the highways now running its route.
Author: Elmer Griffith Sulzer Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253334848 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 312
Book Description
Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.
Author: Terry L. Baldridge
Author: Terry L. Baldridge
Author: Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Author: Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Author: Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Author: Kentucky Union Railway Company
Author: Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Author: Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Author: Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Author: Kentucky. General Assembly
Author: Henry Ferdinand Quarré Aligny