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Title
[Smoky
Mountain
Railway]
Creator
Loudy, H.T.
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Original
1910/1928
Dimensions
8
"
x
10
"
Description
This
photograph
has a
handwritten
caption
that
states
, 'This
is
the the
[sic]
Passenger
Train
from
Proctor
to
Ritter
with
Charley
Wilson
,
Engineer
,
G.J
.
Calhoun
,
Conductor.
'
Granville
Calhoun
,
seen
at the
rear
of the
train
in this
photograph
, was
listed
in the
North
Carolina
Year
Book
(News
&
Observer
Pub
.
Co.
,
1914)
as the
railroad
agent
and
express
agent
for
Proctor
,
N.C.
, but
did
not
indicate
that he was the
conductor
on the
rail
line
.
While
the
Murphy
Branch
of the
Southern
Railway
was the
main
rail
line
from
Asheville
,
N.C.
, into
western
North
Carolina
,
terminating
at
Murphy
,
N.C.
,
several
subsidiary
or
independent
lines
connected
to the
Murphy
Branch
.
Southern
Railway
operated
the
Carolina
&
Tennessee
line
from
Bushnell
,
N.C.
, to
Fontana
,
N.C.
,
which
the
North
Carolina
Corporation
Commission's
annual
report
for
1912
noted
was
fourteen
miles
long
.
Likewise
, the
W.M
.
Ritter
Lumber
Company
ran
a
nine
mile
line
for its
Smoky
Mountain
Railway
from the
settlement
of
Ritter
,
N.C.
,
located
near
the
junction
of
Hazel
Creek
and the
Little
Tennessee
River
,
northeast
to the
town
of
Proctor
, and
finally
to the
Bone
Valley
area
.
Subject
Appalachian Mountains -- Pictorial works
Time Period
1910s;
Location
Swain County (N.C.)
Source Institution
Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection
John Parris Collection
Inventory Number
HL_MSS00_06SMRR
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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