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Railroads in Laurel, MS

a speech by Sam Lindsey, Jr. delivered before the

Daughters of American Revolution on November 15, 1994

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Another railroad is the Gulf and Ship Island. A charter was issued March 1850 to construct a railroad from the Gulf Coast North. In 1856 Congress gave sections of Piney Woods for every 20 miles the railroad completed. At one time, the railroad owned 108,000 acres of prime Yellow Pine timber land. Most was sold to help build the railroad. On February 25, 1882 a new charter was issued and the organizers were Captain Hardy and Colonel William Faulkner.

By the end of 1882, it was completed as far north as Hattiesburg, but later went into receivership. In 1895 Captain Joseph Jones got control of the railroad and finished it into Jackson; arriving at the north terminal on July 4, 1900.


Eastman Gardiner offices, Laurel, MS	Eastman Gardiner sawmill.	Laying rail for the Gilchrist-Fordney Co. about 1930.

A Laurel and Northwestern RR Shay. This was later to become the Laurel and Tallahoma Western RR. Note the "shed" over the entire locomotive.	Laurel and Tallahoma Western RR 2-4-4-2 articulated locomotive.	Log Train for the Laurel and Tallahoma Western. This railroad went west of Laurel to Rogers Camp and then continued a bit west before turning north to Cohay Camp.

	Laurel and Tallahoma Western Shay #54 pulling a log train.

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