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Ghost Railroads of Kentucky

1998 Business & Economics
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Release : 1998
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Ghost Railroads of Kentucky by : Elmer Griffith Sulzer

Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Kentucky written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.

Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky

2003 Rail-trails
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Release : 2003
Genre : Rail-trails
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Book Synopsis Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky by : Lisa Rainey Brownell

Download or read book Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky written by Lisa Rainey Brownell. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s

2018-07-24 History
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Release : 2018-07-24
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s by : Charles H. Bogart

Download or read book The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s written by Charles H. Bogart. This book was released on 2018-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of railroads using the name Kentucky Central would push south from Covington opposite Cincinnati OH, toward Chattanooga TN, but stalled at Nicholasville due to the Civil War. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) would build southward from Louisville for Nashville TN, and Memphis TN, reaching both cities as the Civil War started. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O) during the same period completed a railroad from Mobile AL, to Columbus KY, on the Mississippi River. The east-west track reached from Louisville eastward to a junction at Frankfort KY.

Ghost Railroads of Indiana

1998 Transportation
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Release : 1998
Genre : Transportation
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Book Synopsis Ghost Railroads of Indiana by : Elmer Griffith Sulzer

Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Indiana written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history of railroad closings and their impact on the railroad traffic running from the industrial North and East to the agricultural South and West.

Ghosts across Kentucky

2010-09-12 Body, Mind & Spirit
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Release : 2010-09-12
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Synopsis Ghosts across Kentucky by : William Montell

Download or read book Ghosts across Kentucky written by William Montell. This book was released on 2010-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events witnessed by family members or friends. There are over 250 stories in Ghosts across Kentucky that are set in specific places and times. They include tales of graveyards, haunted dormitories, animal ghosts, and vanishing hitchhikers. Montell describes weird lights, unexplained sounds, felt presences, and disappearing apparitions. Phantom workmen, fallen soldiers, young lovers, and executed criminals appear in these pages, along with the living who chance upon them. Though the focus is on the stories themselves, Montell also includes a chapter explaining our fascination with the supernatural and the deep truths these storytelling traditions reveal about our lives and our pasts.William Lynwood Montell, emeritus professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University, is the author of several books, including Killings."

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