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Table of Contents
Introduction – Kemp Mabry
Early Locomotives – Kemp Mabry
Steam in the South: Some Aesthetic Considerations – John C. Patron
Out with the Wagon Trains – Ed Milam
Polly Milam – Kemp Mabry
Scarboro: An Historical Perspective – Robert Jenkins and Daniel Good
John David Cannon Photographs
Railroads of South Carolina: 1830-1863 – Reprinted with permission from La Posta – Robert J. Stets
Description
This collection begins with a factual article on railroads in southeast Georgia by John Paton, followed by a survey of changes in Georgia railroading during the career of Ed Milam. Also included is an account of the decline of a railroad town, Scarborough, Georgia by Dan Good and Robert Jenkins, as well as a series of photographs of Engineer John David Cannon with several locomotives. The closing article is “Railroads of South Carolina: 1830-1863” by Robert J. Stets.
Publication Date
1988
Publisher
Bulloch County Historical Society
City
Statesboro
Keywords
Bulloch County Historical Society, Railroads
Subject Headings
Bulloch County (Ga.), Bulloch County Historical Society, Southern folkways journal review, Railroads--Georgia--History
Disciplines
History
Copyright
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Recommended Citation
Hughes, Robert G., "Romance of the Railroad" (1988). Bulloch County Historical Society Publications. 11.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/bchs-pubs/11