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Advantages of Building a Railroad Over Clinch Mountain April 25, 2016 Conveyences - Around 1911, the Clinch Valley surroundings witnessed a pronounced business awakening and subsequent development, requiring railroads to carry coal to places of consumption and to tidal ports. The older sections adjacent to Bristol, Abingdon and Johnson City were securing a limited benefit from the lucrative sources, which it was feared would lead into a state… Continue Reading
CC and O Railroad’s 1910 Excursion through Blue Ridge Mountains February 23, 2015 Conveyences - December 1, 1910 found area residents at the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway depot in Dante, Virginia anxiously waiting to embark a train for an invigorating snow-capped scenic excursion across the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains to Spartanburg, SC. The travel guide was Mr. David C. Boy, a stenographer for the railroad at its Johnson City… Continue Reading
Area Historians, Goforth and Hodge, Relived 3Cs Railroad in 1986 October 1, 2012 Conveyences - Yesterday, September 30, 2012, marked the anniversary of a historical event that occurred 126 years ago. Two local history buffs met on September 30, 1986, the 100-year anniversary of the incident, and relived the story for an article for the Johnson City Press-Chronicle. Jim Goforth (Erwin historian and author) and Tom Hodge (historian and Press-Chronicle… Continue Reading
Johnson City, Spartanburg Celebrated 1909 CC&O Railroad Completion September 5, 2011 Conveyences - The completion of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio (CC&O) Railroad from Dante, Virginia to Spartanburg, South Carolina occurred on Friday, October 29, 1909. Festive celebrations were observed in Johnson City and Spartanburg. The excitement was the fulfillment of a new railroad that would transport coal from a rich coalfield. It was built at an enormous… Continue Reading
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