Collection, 1888-1982 1950-1975.

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Collection, 1888-1982 1950-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263413725

Contains records of the Wiregrass Society for Railway History (WSRH), 1967-82, National Railway History bulletins, Central of Georgia Railroad information, Research materials and memoirs/histories concerning railroads, Southern Railway train orders and magazines, Railway maps, photographs, and artifacts

0.66 cu. ft.

Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7161365

Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

Wiregrass Society for Railroad History.

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Jacks, J. R., Sr. (John Russell), 1910-2006.

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John Russell Jacks, Sr., was employed by Southern Railway and Western Union. He lived in Dothan, Ala., 1962-1995, where he was a member of First Methodist Church and a founding member of the Wiregrass Society for Railway History (WHRS) in 1967. Jacks was also a Kiwanis member and member of the National Rose Society. After leaving Dothan, he moved to Birmingham, Ala. He is interred in Barnesville, Ga. From the description of Collection, 1888-1982 1950-1975. (Troy State University - Do...