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| E.K.
Boxcar possibly near Grayson
c.1900 |
The
Eastern Kentucky
Railway required raw materials in the form of ore, coal, and lumber
in order to continue to build and hopefully make a profit. Where
would it find the desired
materials?
Grayson was at one time known as the Crossroads, but was
renamed Grayson in 1838 after Colonel William Grayson,
who owned a considerable amount of land in the area.
Thirty-four years later, as the Indian Wars continued in the
west, the Eastern
Kentucky
Railway added 10.37 miles of track to Grayson. Stops were added
at Hopewell and two miles north of Grayson at Pactolus. Land values
climbed, coal mines opened, mills were built, and
investment possibilities were in all directions. The general
offices of the Eastern
Kentucky
Railway remained at Riverton, but the shops were moved from
Hunnewell to Grayson and enlarged.
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| E.K.
pass 1871 |
The shops for the
E.K.R.Y. were located right downtown. I will try add a link under
E.K. Today to a couple of articles by Don Mills. The articles
are called Remnants. They deal with various tangible
E.K.R.Y. items that remain today in the communities long the old
rail line.
The Grayson and Pactolus
area would become and remain the center of business for the
Eastern Kentucky Railway until the railway ceased in the 1920s.
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| Old
coaches and depot at Grayson shortly after
abandonment |
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| E.K.R.Y. Historical Highway Marker,
Grayson |
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| Second No. 5 on turntable at Grayson c.
1915 |
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