The history of Jefferson and Northwestern Railway
Submitted by Casscounty1 on
By Erin Mitchell
Special to the Sun
Faint traces of the Jefferson and Northwestern Railway are still visible in and around Linden. Indentions of the track bed can be found from Jefferson to Lanier into Linden and extending into Marietta and Naples. The J & NW RY served Linden and the surrounding communities from 1899 until 1941.
Built in 1891, the narrow gauge logging tram brought logs from camps located in Northern Cass County to the Clark and Boice Lumber Mill on the east bank of the Big Cypress Bayou north of Jefferson. Clark and Boice had built their lumber mill in Jefferson in 1881, and it quickly became one of the largest lumbers mills to ever operate in Marion County. Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Casscounty1//Magazine33961/Full/index.aspx?id=33961
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