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Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains Vol 1 Cold Mountain
Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains Vol 1 Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain, Black Mountain and White Top
By Thomas Fetters
Copyright 2007
Hard Cover with dust jacket Reflections from the lights on some photos.
264 pages
CONTENTS
Dedicationiii
Acknowledgementsiv
Contentsvi
Introductionx
Bears, Balds & Sidewinders: Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountainsxii W.M. Ritterxiv
William S. Whitingxv
Alphabetical Listing of Operators in Vol. 1
Loggersxvii
Railroadsxix
Other Industrial Operationsxx
List of Mapsxx
Alphabetical Listing of Locomotive Rostersxxii
Chapter 1 Logging Lines along the Virginia Border of North Carolina
Northwestern North Carolina Counties: Surry; Yadkin; Allegheny; Wilkes and Ashe
Mount Airy & Eastern (Mount Airy, N.C.)2
Kibler & Kay Lumber Co.
Rosslyn Lumber Co.
Sidney Bieber Co. Virginia & Mount Airy Railroad (3-foot gauge)
Meadowfield Lumber Co.
North Carolina & Virginia Railroad
Elkin & Allegheny Railroad (Elkin, N.C.)5
Watauga & Yadkin River Railroad Co. (North Wilkesboro, N.C.)7
Grandin Lumber Co.
Yadkin River Railroad
Watauga Railway Co.
Wilkes & Western Railroad
Giant Lumber Co. (1907-1916)13
Deep Gap Tie & Lumber Co. (Fleetwood, NC)14
Selected Industrial Lines: North Carolina Granite Co. (Mount Airy; NC)15
Chapter 2 Logging Lines of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia Northeastern Tennessee Counties: Johnson; Carter; Sullivan; Washington; Unicoi and Greene. Southeastern Virginia Counties Washington; Smyth and Grayson.
Abingdon Coal & Iron Railroad Co. (1887-1894)19
Virginia Western, Coal & Iron RR (1894-1898)
Virginia-Carolina Railway (1898-1917) Virginia-Carolina & Southern Rwy. (1906-1912)
Virginia-Carolina Railroad Co. (1917- ) Norfolk & Western (Abingdon Branch) (1917- )
Marion & Rye Valley Railway Co. (1891-1904)24
Grayson Lbr. Co.-Virginia Southern (c1896-c1904)26 Marion & Rye Valley Railway (operating the Virginia Southern) (c1904- 1905)28 Marion & Rye Valley Railroad J.C. Campbell28
Fairwood Lumber Co. - J.C. Campbell29
United States Spruce Lumber Company (M&RV Railroad and the VS)29 Marion Extract Company, Teas, Viginia32 Marion & Rye Valley Railroad32
Woodson Lumber Company33
Virginia Southern (operating the M&RV)(1923-1933) 34
Switchback Scenic Route (1928-1931)34
Marion Brick Company (M&RV) (1933-1936)34
Iron Mountain Lumber Co. (Troutdale, VA)34
Look & Lincoln (Marion, VA)35 Sugar Grove Lumber Co. (Sugar Grove, VA)35
Hassinger Lumber Co. (Konnarock, VA)39
The Virginia-Carolina & Southern Extension to Grassy Ridge40 The White Top Railway42
Virginia-Carolina Expansion43
Hassinger Railway Operations47
Branchlines47
Purchase of T.W. Thayer Narrow Gauge on Staight Branch51 The Last Branch Lines52
Summation55
Douglas Land Company and Laurel River Lumber Company56 T.W. Thayer and Damascus Lumber Company57
Laurel Railway58
Whiting Mfg. Co. Operations near the Laurel River 59
Damascus Lumber and T.W. Thayer Lumber Operations East of Bethel, TN61 Thayer's Straight Mountain Branch63
The Hemlock, NC Branch of the Damascus Lumber Co.64
The End of the Laurel Railway64
Thayer's Straight Mountain Line64
Hassinger Lumber Company's
Straight Mountain Narrow Gauge Line65
Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Elizabethton, TN)65
Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Abingdon, VA)66 Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Cold Spring, TN)67
Cutting the Tennessee Lbr. & Mfg. Lands68
George M. Craig Lumber Co.69
Empire Lumber & Mining Co.
Crandull & Shady Valley Railway
Beaver Dam RR (of Tennessee)
Beaver Dam RR (of Virginia)
Empire Mining & Manufacturing Co.
Smethport Extract Co.
Tennessee Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Bristol Door & Lumber Co.73
Bristol, Elizabethton & North Carolina RR74
Virginia & Southwestern Railway74
The R.E. Wood Lumber Co.77
Virginia & Southewestern Rwy. Co. (Buladeen Branch) James Strong Lumber Co.
Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co.
Stony Creek Railroad
James Strong Lumber Co.79 Rexford & Collins80
Peter McCain Lumber Co.80
Willey Boom & Lumber Co. (Bluff City, TN)80
Holston Valley Railway (Bristol, TN)81
Morton, Lewis & Willey Co.82
M,L&W Neva, TN Operation83
Peter McCain Lbr. Co.: Bristol, TN Operations83
Peter McCain Lbr. Co.: Ruthton, TN Branch84
Peter McCain Lumber Closes84
Bristol Traction Co.84
R.E. Wood Lumber Co. (Earhart, TN)84
Watauga Extract Company (South Watauga, TN)84
Brook Lumber Company (Taylor's Mine, TN)85
Sanford & Treadway Lumber Co.86
Whiting Lumber Co. (near Elizabethton, TN)86
Bradley Lumber Co. (Elizabethton, TN)87
W.M. Ritter (Tiger Creek)87
Pittsburgh Lumber Co.88
Booth & Flinn
Laurel Fork Railway
William Uptegrove & Brothers92
Uptegrove Lumber Co. American Cigar Box Lumber Co.
The Uptegrove Logging Line at White Rock, TN92
Johnson City, Bakersville & Southern Railway94
The Unicoi Railway 94
H.S. White Lumber Co.95
Whiting mfg. Co. (Butler, TN)95
W.G. McCain Lumber Co.
Greenville & Nolichuky RR (Greenville, TN)100
John Heilman Lumber Co.
White Lumber Co.
Chapter 3 The Tweetsie Region of North Carolina
Mitchell (Avery); Watauga; Burke and Caldwell Counties, NC
W.M. Ritter Lumber Co. (Pineola, NC)105
A.B. Camp
Pineola Lumber & Trading Co.
Linville River Railroad
Linville River Lumber Co.
Cranberry Iron & Coal Co.
Linville River Railway Co.
Sanford & Treadway (Newland, NC)108
D. & H. McRae Lumber Co. (Linville, NC)109
Toe River Lumber Co. (Montezuma, NC)109
Camp Mountain Timber Co. (Pineola, NC)110
Caldwell & Northern Railroad110 Caldwell Land & Lumber Co.
Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Carolina & North-Western Railway
Carolina & Northwestern Railway
Avery & North Western
WM. Ritter Lumber Company (Mortimer, NC)113
Wilson Creek Lumber Co.115
Hutton, Bourbonnais & Co. (Hutbow, NC)118
Pencarden Lumber (Edgemont, NC)122
Whiting Manufacturing Co. (Shulls Mills, NC)122
Boone Fork Lumber Co.
Linville River Railway Cherokee Timber Co.123
Boone Fork Manufacturing Co.
Wilson Lumber Co. 124
Wilson Land & Lumber Co. Lenoir & Linville Valley
Caldwell & Northern
Globe Lumber (Globe, NC)124
Chapter 4 "Land of the Sky" Part 1 Loggers Along the CC&O North from Marion, North Carolina to Erwin, Tennessee (Clinchfield Loops Line) Mitchell; McDowell; Yancey; Madison and Buncombe Counties, North Carolina
TT. Adams Lumber Co. (Sevier, NC)135
Chemical Wood Corporation (Altapass, NC)136
Mica Belt Railroad
Meadows Co.
"Humpback Mountain Line" Tennessee Eastman Co.
Black Mountain Railroad (Burnsville, NC)141
Scutt-Lambert Lumber Co.147
Carolina Spruce Company (Pensacola, NC)148
Brown Brothers Lumber (Eskota, NC)150
Murchison Lumber Co.
Caney River Railway (Huntdale, NC)152
Wood Galloway Co.
J.M. Buck Lumber Co.
Doss Lumber Co. Carolina Lumber Co.
E.L. Lewis Co. (Street, NC)155
Selected Industrial Lines:
Dibell Mineral Company (Penland, NC)155
"Hoot Owl Railroad"
Carolina Mineral Co.
McKenney Feldspar Mine (Boonford, NC)156
Goug Rock Mine (Micaville, NC)156
Harris Clay Mine & Processing Plant (Micaville, NC) 156
Chapter 5 "Land of the Sky" Part 2
Loggers along the Southern Railway east from Asheville (Andrews Geyeser Route, Southern Railway)
Bee Tree Lumber Co. (Swannanoa, NC)158
Craggy Lumber Co.
Bee Tree Railroad
Swannanoa Railroad
North Fork Lumber Co. (Swannanoa, NC)165
Perley & Crockett Co. (Black Mountain, NC)165
Dickey, Campbell & Co.
Mount Mitchell Railroad
United States Leather Co.178
F.W. Quinten
Catawba Falls Railway (Old Fort, NC)
Union Tanning Co.
Noyes Land & Lumber Co.
Buck Creek Lumber Company178
Selected Industrial Lines:
Hardaway Construction Co.-Lake James Project181
Kistler, Lesh & Co.181
Burke Tanning Co. (Bridgewater & Morganton, NC)
International Shoe Co.
Chapter 6: "Land of the Sky" Part 3
Loggers along the French Broad River North from Ashville (Western North Carolina Paint Rock Division: Southern Railway)
French Broad Lumber Co. (Cauley's Creek, NC)184
Laurel River & Hot Springs RR (Hot Springs, NC) 184
North Carolina Land & Timber Co.186
Laurel River Logging Co. (Bunion, NC) (1899-1909) 187
Laurel River Logging Co. (1909-1920)187
Madison County Railway Co. (1913-c1924)189
Curry Brothers Lumber Co. (1915-1924)190
Griffith Lumber Co. (1916-1926)191 Mill Creek Valley Railroad (1917-c1924)191
Hutchinson Lumber Co. (1918-1924)191
French Broad Railroad (1919-1923)192
Broad River Lumber Co. (1919-1924)192
Andrew Gennett192
Broad River Lumber/French Broad Railway193
Griffith Lumber Co.194
R.W. Mayer, Contractor (1925-c1929)194
Patterson Lumber Company (Paint Rock, NC)195
Boice Hardwood Co.
(Hartford, TN, Harmon Den NC)197
Selected Short Line Railroads:
Asheville & Craggy Mountain RR (Asheville, NC) 201
Craggy Mountain Railway
Asheville Street Railroad Co.
Asheville & Northern Railway
Sunset Mountain Gravity Railway Co.
Asheville & Weaverville Railway & Power Co.
Asheville & Craggy Mountain Railroad
Asheville & Loop Line Railway
Asheville Rapid Transit Co.
Asheville & East Tennessee Railroad
East Tennesse & North Carolina
Sunset Mountain Railway
Chapter 7: Transylvania: Loggers along the French Broad River West of Hendersonville Henderson, Transylvania and Jackson Counties
Hendersonville & Brevard Railway, Telephone & Telegraph Co.207
Henderson & Brevard Railroad
The Transylvania Railroad Co. (Henderson, NC)
Southern Railway Norfolk Southern Railway
Carr Lumber Co.210 (Pisgah Forest and Etowah, NC)
Brevard Tannery Co. (Pisgah Forest, NC)214
Gloucester Lumber Co. (Rosman, NC)222
Rosman Tanning Extract Co.
Shaffer Lumber Co. (Rosman, NC, 1910-1920)235
Moltz Lumber Co. (Lake Toxaway, NC) 237
Buchanon & Dunn "Dummy Line" (Cashiers, NC)240
Appendix A Appalachian Lumber Company242
The Solitary Mountain Logging Railroad of South Carolina
Appendix B The Anatomy of a Lumber Company 249
The bankruptcy Inventory of Brook Lumber Co., Taylor's Mine, Tennessee
Bibliography251
Index
This trip back into the exciting days of logging railroads in the southwestern part of Virginia, the northwestern part of North Carolina and the northeastern part of Tennessee uncovers an amazing number of long forgotten railways, tram-roads, and narrow gauge lines, as well as many ghost towns in the Southern mountains that thrived at first then faded with the passing of the logging industry. Every conscious of economy, the logging men utilized nearly every possible gauge to get into the forests: three and a half foot, three foot, and two foot were used, the latter being the only example known in the South.
This volume connects the stories of the Pennsylvania, Ohioans, and Minnesotans who found the Southern states ripe for exploration after the timber in their own areas had been cut out, and how they went for the high ground of Mount Rogers in Virginia, Mount Mitchell in North Carolina and Mount Sassafras in South Carolina, each the highest peak in the respective state. This called for geared locomotives and the area abounded with Lima Shays, Heislers, and Climax machines that could tackle the steep grades and negotiate rough and curvy temporary trackage.
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