Documents operation of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company (ET & WNC). The ET & WNC Transportation Company was originally chartered by the Tennessee General Assembly as the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad on May 24, 1866 for the purpose of constructing a railroad to aid in the importing of iron ore from Cranberry, N.C., to Johnson City, Tenn. The mineral had been discovered in 1780, and the Cranberry Iron Company, later Cranberry Iron and Coal Company (CIC), formed before the Civil War to extract the ore.
From the description of Susan H. Henry collection, 1948-1977. (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 191907289
Dr. Henry is the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
From the description of Susan A. Henry papers, 1990-2010. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64063505
