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1. Bedford is link in area's rich railroad heritage - February 11, 2004

   Article in the Bedford Bulletin about Bedford's first Railroad Day dinner which was held in conjunction with Bedford County's 250th anniversary celebration. The article covers highlights of a speech by Lewis Newton about the history of the railroad in the area and mentions that O. Winston Link photographs were on display at the dinner.

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2. Bedford is link in area's rich railroad heritage - February 11, 2004

   Article in the Bedford Bulletin about Bedford's first Railroad Day dinner which was held in conjunction with Bedford County's 250th anniversary celebration. The article covers highlights of a speech by Lewis Newton about the history of the railroad in the area and mentions that O. Winston Link photographs were on display at the dinner.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Bedford is link in area's rich railroad heritage - February 11, 2004

   Article in the Bedford Bulletin about Bedford's first Railroad Day dinner which was held in conjunction with Bedford County's 250th anniversary celebration. The article covers highlights of a speech by Lewis Newton about the history of the railroad in the area and mentions that O. Winston Link photographs were on display at the dinner.

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4. James P. Jackson and Bradford's Battery - June 13, 1895

   The paper is very brittle, tears easily, and page 5 is missing. James P. Jackson was born in Petersburg, Virginia the 27th of July, 1848 and was educated there. Too young to enlist when the War first started, he waited until the winter of 1864-1865, when he joined Captain W. D. Bradford's battery. After the close of the war, Jackson was a clerk in the office of his father, who was treasurer of the South Side railroad. In 1876 he and his father...

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5. Map (a copy of a copy) - February 24, 1882

   The map is a copy of a copy, believed to have been made by George Bernard, as it is his hand writing. It is of poor quality and the penmanship is poor. So poor in fact that most entries are impossible to read. Bernard made a note at the bottom of the page indicating it is a copy of a copy of a Major C's. [illegible] map, made by [illegible] February 24, 1882. The original is illegible except for "Southern Historical Society". The majority of the...

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6. Map of Petersburg Entrenched Lines - 1864

   Printed sketch map of the Petersburg entrenched lines and environs. Surveyed under the direction of Colonel Nathaniel Michler.

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7. Railroad Plaque from N. W. Pugh Department Store - A black and white photograph of a plaque which hung below a mural in the N. W. Pugh Company Department Store, at 33-39 Campbell Avenue SW in Roanoke, Virginia. The plaque describes the mural and reads: "The first passenger train of the City Point Railroad, the original line of the present Norfolk and Western Railway system made the first run over the nine-mile road from Petersburg, Virginia, to City Point, Virginia, now Hopewell, on September 7, 1838. In the background is a modern N. & W. streamliner, powered by a fast Class "J" locomotive". The mural was situated above the elevator.

   2000.25.1

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