Record #:

12879

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Fearing that the developing Virginia railroad companies might purloin trade and commerce in North Carolina, delegates, especially John Motley Morehead, became instrumental in forwarding the progress of the North Carolina Railroad Company during the 19th-century.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 20, Feb 1960, p8-10, il, por, map

Subject(s):

Railroads--North Carolina--History--19th Century; North Carolina Railroad Co.