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Railroad and Railroad Heritage Mural in Paragould, Arkansas

Identifier: C0270B434_096
Title: Railroad and Railroad Heritage Mural 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 , the author'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. On the building beside the railroad is the Railroad Heritage Mural painted by Connie Burns Watkins of Paragould, Arkansas. Dedicated in 1990, this 205-by-25 foot mural took eleven months to paint and is located in downtown Paragould.
Date: 2000
Extent: 4x6
Subject: Arkansas; Railroads; Booknotes (Television program)
Type: Photograph
Format: Color
Language: Eng
Physical location: Box 434
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Copyright not held by George Mason University Libraries. Restricted to personal, non-commercial use only. For permission to publish, contact Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.