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The excursionists from New-York on their way to Cleveland to celebrate the formal opening of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway to that city, reached this point at 8 o'clock this morning.

In 1837, the State of Georgia hired Col. Stephen H. Long of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to survey the best route for the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Zero Mile Post (now in Underground ...

Thomas Sparks Lowe first spied out the beautiful Chattanooga country when he was sent here in 1845 to help superintend the completion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad into town.

The Pottawattamie County Museums are going to have a Museum Crawl the features some of the rural gems throughout ...

The state of Georgia actually owns the Western and Atlantic Railroad tracks that run between Chattanooga and Atlanta, passing through Kennesaw, Marietta, Vinings, and Smyrna. When the state ...

President Biden is to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who stole a Confederate train during the Civil War and then destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines.

The ceremony that marked the completion of the Western and Atlantic Railroad occurred on Dec. 1, 1849 -- the day the first locomotive arrived in Chattanooga from Atlanta.

Private Philip Shadrach and Private George Wilson were hanged as spies in Atlanta on June 18,1862. Shadrach was 21 years old and Wilson was in his early 30s.

Pvt. Philip Shadrach and Pvt. George Wilson infiltrated Confederate territory during the Civil War, stole a train, and destroyed the enemy railroad system.