Scrapbook, 1881-1923.

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Scrapbook, 1881-1923.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings re career of V.E. "Bunch" McBee, his development of various railroad lines, and his management of various companies, stock reports, news of rival rail road executives, and "Capt. McBee resigns - He voluntarily retires as fourth vice-president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway," with biographical information. Majority of clippings relate to the railroad industry, with exception of several related to the death of McBee's mother, Mrs. Harriett Butler McBee who died in Norfolk, Va., in 1901, while visiting home of V.E. McBee; a brief clipping announcing construction of the Biltmore House in Asheville, N.C.; and a feature on "Famous Goat Island Duel" between "Louis T. Wigfall, aged 23" and "Preston S. Brooks, aged 22," on a sand bar in the Savannah River near Augusta, Ga.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Seaboard Airline Railroad

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Seaboard Air Line Railway was established in 1900. The company had lines in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 1904 a line from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama was added. The company's successor was CSX. From the description of Seaboard Air Line freight received, 1893-1896. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319072236 ...

McBee family.

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McBee, Vardry E., 1849-1923.

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Vardry Echols "Bunch" McBee was one of South Carolina's leading forces in the building of railroads, and was at one time superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, among other firms; born, 1849, in Greenville County, S.C., the son of William Pinkney and Harriett Butler McBee and grandson of Vardry McBee (1775-1864), an early resident of Greenville, S.C.; in 1872, married Rosa Means Brooks; the town of McBee in Chesterfield County, S.C., was named for V.E. McBee. From the descri...

Brooks, Preston S. (Preston Smith), 1819-1857

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Preston S. Brooks was a United States representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857. From the guide to the Preston S. Brooks Letters, ., 1856, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857. From the description of Preston S. Brooks letters, 1856 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23992511 U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1853-1857; and member of the S.C. G...

Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant), 1816-1874

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U.S. senator from Texas. From the description of Family papers of Louis T. Wigfall, 1858-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82561857 U.S. Senator and brigadier general in the Confederate Army. From the description of Letter, 1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522013 Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874), educated at South Carolina College and the University of Virginia, became involved in controversial political arguments...

McBee, Harriett Butler, 1823-1901

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