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Railroad operations were often less than smooth affairs.

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Todd DeFeo
Dec 12, 2024
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Railroad operations were often less than smooth affairs.

Monday, April 30, 1900, is perhaps best remembered as the day of Casey Jones’ famous wreck in Mississippi.

Three hundred and seventy-five miles away in the Hall County community of Belmont, it must have seemed like a normal day for the passengers on the Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad.

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