Susan H. Henry collection, 1948-1977.

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Henry, Susan H. Susan H. Henry collection, 1948-1977.

Susan H. Henry collection, 1948-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191907289

CIC acquired the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company (ET & WNC) between 1876-79. In 1926 CIC established of ET & WNC Motor Transportation Company. Chartered to operate passenger buses in East Tennessee, southwest Virginia, and western North Carolina, the company expanded into the trucking business in 1928. Initial trucking routes were from wholesale businesses in Johnson City, Tenn., to mountain communities in North Carolina. During World War II, ET & WNC was one of the major rail lines hauling freight and passengers throughout the region. In 1977, Red Ball Motor Freight, a subsidiary of Telcom Corporation of Dallas, Texas, purchased ET & WNC Transportation. Six years later, Red Ball went bankrupt, and the transportation company ceased to operate. Green Bay Packaging of Green Bay, Wis., purchased the railroad properties and reorganized the company as East Tennessee Railway. As of 1996, this line, the only remaining descendant of the transportation company, continues to operate between Johnson City and Elizabethton, Tenn., largely dependent upon North American Rayon for most of its freight.

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East Tennessee State University, TET