Excerpt from Some Facts Concerning Appalachian and Western North Carolina Railroad The first mile westward follows the old grade of the Watauga and Yadkin River

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Excerpt from History of the North Carolina Railroad I frankly admit that, apparently, these matters seem quite incongru ous to the subject in hand, and yet I sh