Towers, Tunnels, Tipples and Trains

Note letters “CW” Old time railroad men will recall the C.W. Tower that  stood for years at the north end of 22 tunnel near Lancing. Operators worked three shifts a day, seven days a week,  letting trains through the single tracked tunnels.  Man  seated in window is the late Fred Briggs. Others are  unidentified. Installation of central train control early in… Continue reading Towers, Tunnels, Tipples and Trains

Citizens Bank and Trust ca 1912?

OLD BANK BUILDING IN WARTBURG Originally the home of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Possibly taken about 1912.  This building is now a part of the Tanner Drug Store and Restaurant Building.Boys sitting in street not known. From the Morgan County News August 23, 1962

Oakdale Railroad Passenger Station

LAST DAY AS RAILWAY PASSENGER STATION “Friday, December 30, 1961 was the last day for the Railway Agency at Oakdale.  Passengers may still board trains at Oakdale paying their fare to the conductors.  The Station at Emory Gap will handle all freight for Oakdale and also sell tickets.  Agent C.B. Hoff, on duty Friday, thought the… Continue reading Oakdale Railroad Passenger Station

Brushy Mountain Prison

BRUSHY MOUNTAIN STATE PRISON AT PETROS  Taken from the Morgan County News dated, April 26, 1962 Brushy Mountain Prison, ca. 1936 * Note from Phyllis:  Brushy Mountain Prison in the background.  They being My Mother Mae Land Obed Land, my Dad and uncle Arlin and  Aunt Melba Mckeethan-Land. It is Brushy Mt. Prison. It was against the law to take pictures… Continue reading Brushy Mountain Prison

Lamance Falls

The monolith is a hunk of bed rock that was displaced from the top of the falls in a 1926 flood. The falls was the site of the LaMance homestead and mill. [Ref. Matthew LaMance] 

Old Montgomery Inn

“YE OLDE TAVERN ON EMORY RIVER” Built about 1825 The Old Inn at Montgomery stood about 100 years and was at one time the county seat of Morgan County. The old “Hotel”, a two story log-pen type buiding, near the Emory River Ford served the weary travelers on their way to the State Capital in… Continue reading Old Montgomery Inn