C-SPAN Records · Railroad in Paragould, Arkansas

Railroad in Paragould, Arkansas

Identifier: C0270B434_059
Title: Railroad in Paragould, Arkansas
Description: The railroad track in Paragould, Arkansas, was built to carry cotton from Texas to St. Louis in the middle of the nineteenth century. Peter Marshall , Brian Lamb's grandfather, worked on this railroad in the early 1920s. J.W. Paramore's Texas and St. Louis small gauge rail line intersected with the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad headed by Jay Gould in the northwest corner of Arkansas. People living at the junction named their new town Paragould in honor of the two railroad Presidents.
Date: 2000
Extent: 6.25x9.75
Subject: Arkansas; Railroads; Booknotes (Television program)
Type: Photograph
Format: Color
Language: Eng
Physical location: Box 434
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
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