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		Railroads from Charleston, SC to Anderson, SC, and from Knoxville, TN to Cincinnati were already in place by the time the group was ready to begin construction in 1854 (four years after Calhoun's death).
		A number of schemes, involving the former Blue Ridge project and the "North Eastern Railroad" and its successors, to build rail connections to Knoxville and beyond, continued to be floated.
		The Tallulah Falls Railroad: A Photographic Remembrance by Brian A. Boyd (1998, Fern Creek Press of Clayton, GA) includes a summary of the Blue Ridge and Black Diamond's history, and an intriguing 1854 photo of stonework in a bridge pier off Warwoman Dell that dwarfed the figure of the county surveyor at its base.
	abandonedrailroads.homestead.com /sc_br.html (1890 words)

	Gateway to the Mountains...Blue Ridge and Fannin County in the North Georgia Mountains
		This region is the furthest southern reaches of the Blue Ridge Province and popularly known as the North Georgia Mountains.
		Blue Ridge is a town of historical value, and has several buildings and homes within downtown on the National Register of Historical Places, such as the late 1880's Depot.
		Blue Ridge is a prime example of both dignity, and decorum through the transition of a less than forgotten mountain town.
	theblueridgehighlander.com /gateway_to_the_mountains/index1.html (5969 words)

	Blue Ridge Blog \| Blue Ridge, GA USA » Town History
		Blue Ridge is approximately a 90-minute drive north of Atlanta, GA by way of I-575 North or GA 400 North.
		The town of Blue Ridge, Georgia, first known as Allewtown, was incorporated in 1887 after the construction of the Marietta and North georgia Railroad.
		Blue Ridge was most aptly named for the blue haze which engulfs the surrounding North Georgia Mountains.
	www.blueridgegeorgia.us /town-history (434 words)

	Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A "blue joke" or "blue comedy" is comedy which uses references to socially taboo subjects such as sexual or lavatorial double entendre.
		The colloquial expression "blue" is used to describe melancholy or sadness in English speaking countries.
		Blue is associated with many air forces and navies from the color of their dress uniforms, navy Blue for...
	www.super8filmmaking.com /tail/19622-blue-ridge-scenic-railroad.html (1167 words)

	Blue Ridge Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blue Ridge Tunnel was the longest of 4 tunnels built on the Blue Ridge Railroad to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain in Central Virginia.
		The Blue Ridge Railroad was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1849 with Claudius Crozet as chief engineer.
		The Blue Ridge Railroad ceased to exist once the route across the mountains was completed, becoming a part of the Virginia Central Railroad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Ridge_Tunnel (462 words)

	Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad, Blue Ridge, Georgia
		The Cohutta Mountains to the west and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east are occasionally visible.
		Blue Ridge is a small town (1,336 people, 1990 U.S. Census) in north-central Georgia that, until 1998, was most famous for its growing antique shopping area.
		The railroad manipulated local officials and caused quite a furor between the county seat of Morganton and the fledgling city of Blue Ridge, eventually settling on Blue Ridge because of the more lucrative deal offered by the town.
	roadsidegeorgia.com /site/brsr.html (992 words)

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		The railroad was continued north to Clayton, the seat of Rabun County, by 1904, where it joined and used the grade constructed for the never-completed "Blue Ridge Railroad" project from that point northward.
		As is often the case, the railroad itself provided jobs (including a demand for local timber for crossties and, in the early woodburning days, boiler fuel) and other incidental benefits such as reliable fast mail service and a telegraph line.
		The railroad remained a secondary branch line without the stable revenue of through traffic between major markets, vulnerable to the local economy and the inexorably increasing competition from cars, buses, and trucks, particularly on US 441 that followed its route in the 1920's.
	abandonedrailroads.homestead.com /ga_tf.html (6010 words)

	Blue Ridge Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not to be confused with the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
		Its purpose was to provide a crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains for the Virginia Central Railroad.
		The Blue Ridge Railroad and the former Virginia Central Railroad are both now part of CSX Transportation and are operated under lease by the Buckingham Branch Railroad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Ridge_Railroad (347 words)

	Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains
		The Blue Ridge end in extremes: At the southern end is spectacular Amicalola Falls (Dawson County), tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi, the western end is a 2000 foot drop from Fort Mountain to the Great Valley (Murray County).
		This is a body of relatively dry air that forms on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge in Georgia and extends south to Atlanta and west to the Alabama border.
		In Warwoman Dell there are the graded remains of a railroad sometimes called the "Blue Ridge Railroad." The project entailed connecting existing lines from Knoxville to Cincinnati and Charleston to Andersonville with track across the Blue Ridge Mountains called the Cincinnati, Louisville, and Charleston Railroad.
	ngeorgia.com /mountains/blueridgemountains.html (2068 words)

	Blue Ridge Historical Trail
		The Blue Ridge Railroad was the dream of the South Carolina statesmen John C. Calhoun.
		The Blue Ridge Railroad Historical Trail was built in 1976, and was originally designed to follow the path of the unfinished railroad.
		The last 2 miles are strenuous, due to the fact that this portion of the railroad was not finished, and the gaps in the mountain were not leveled.
	hikecarolina.tripod.com /BlueRidgeRR.htm (291 words)

	Railroad Guide: Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
		Incorporated in Virginia in 1870 for the purpose of consolidating the Norfolk and Petersburg, the Southside, the Virginia and Tennessee, and the Virginia and Kentucky railroads.
		Reorganized in 1880 from the Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
		Railroad official for several railroads in the eastern United States in the mid to late 1800s, born in Mt. Carbon, Pennsylvania.
	spec.lib.vt.edu /railroad/guiderr.htm (13528 words)

	Blue Ridge, Georgia
		The town of Blue Ridge was once considered an elite health resort because of its pure mineral waters.
		Blue Ridge was founded in 1886 as a result of the arrival of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad.
		Because of the railroad, Blue Ridge developed as a center of business and in 1895 the county seat was moved from Morganton to Blue Ridge.
	www.blueridgemountains.com /blue_ridge.html (505 words)

	Blue Ridge Gazette
		Railroad trestle across the James River at Snowden in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia…
		In the old days, farmers in the Blue Ridge Mountains used these narrow opening switch-back gates that allowed them easy access to fields and meadows but was impossible for cattle to maneuver through.
		The Blue Ridge Gazette is a non-profit e-publication which began on January 14th 2006.
	blueridgegazette.blogspot.com (2320 words)

	Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
		Built between the 1870's and the 1890's the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad brought unparalleled growth to the towns it touched, from Woodstock and Canton to Ellijay and Blue Ridge.
		The railroad chose to run through Blue Ridge rather than the county seat of Morgonton a few miles to the east.
		The choice of Blue Ridge sparked a feud over the location of the county court and soon the county's political infrastructure was making a one-time trek west to Blue Ridge, lock, stock and courthouse.
	ngeorgia.com /attractions/blue_ridge_scenic_railway.html (771 words)

	History of Western North Carolina - Chapter XX Railroads
		The Western North Carolina railroad was chartered by an act which was ratified February 15, 1855, and work was begun and the railroad completed and put into operation to within a few miles east of Morganton by the summer of 1861.
		Powell was president of the railroad company, for the completion of the road from a point near Old Fort to the western portal of the Swannanoa tunnel, for a specified sum, plus 20 per cent for contingencies.
		By chapter 105 of the laws of 1876-77 the Western North Carolina railroad was organized with a capital stock of $850,000, three-fourths of which belonged to the State and one-fourth to the private stockholders to be appointed according to their several interests.
	www.newrivernotes.com /nc/wnc20.htm (5936 words)

	North Georgia Mountains and Surrounding area
		Lake Blue Ridge and the Toccoa river, both located in Fannin County, are the head waters of the infamous Ocoee River, in Polk County Tennessee, home of the 1996 Summer Olympics Kayaking event.
		At that time, Blue Ridge was the hub of excitement for real estate development and tourist, who traveled here to enjoy the beauty of the mountains and the refreshing mineral springs.
		Morganton is on the northwestern shore of Lake Blue Ridge.
	www.blueridgelandanddevelopment.com /north_georgia_mountains (703 words)

	Blue Ridge, Georgia home to the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Appalachian Trail and More
		The Scenic Railway departs from the old depot in downtown Blue Ridge.
		Lake Blue Ridge is formed by the TVA dam, where boating and fishing are favorite activities of visitors.
		Once the river leaves Lake Blue Ridge, it travels down the valley known as the McCaysville Basin.
	www.rentblueridgecabins.com /area.htm (466 words)

	BLUE RIDGE CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the time, Erwin had less than 300 residents but was centrally located from the standpoint of the railroad for transporting the raw materials for a producing pottery.
		The railroad had established machine shops in Erwin, which are still utilized by the CSX Railroad, the Clinchfield’s successor.
		Today, hand-painted Blue Ridge China is attracting scores of collectors, who are interested in its appeal as an American art form, as an attractive decoration in their homes, and as every day china.
	www.blueridgechina.com /brc1index.htm (867 words)

	Blue Ridge Country
		The Blue Ridge Parkway officially starts at Rockfish Gap (at its northern end), where you find the zero milepost marker.
		There are many places to pull off the Blue Ridge Parkway for a short or long hike, as well as big-city and small-town adventures.
		Another favorite stop in Center in the Square is the History Museum of Western Virginia, covering the area's background from prehistoric artifacts, frontier settlement, the boom days of the railroad and the present.
	www.blueridgecountry.com /drives/parkway.html (723 words)

	Blue Ridge Country...Main Street Blue Ridge Country
		In 1883 the railroad came through town, lending to the city’s economic growth.
		Another shot to the fiscal arm of the city was the consolidation of the marble mining industry in 1884 forming the Georgia Marble Company.
		Crossing the wooden bridge which spans an old railroad bed at the end of Main Street, you will find the inn standing just on the other side of the tracks and under the water tower bearing the inn’s moniker.
	www.blueridgecountry.com /ci/features/mst_jasper.html (305 words)

	Dan Washburn's Sporting Life
		Dick's Creek Tunnel is one of the 28 items of interest, some subtle and some spectacular, that Ruddy, Jim and Byron mention and map out in their "Rabun County Blue Ridge Railroad Auto and Field Tour" guidebook, which they hope to have printed for public consumption soon.
		Roughly 60 percent of the railroad was complete when the city of Charleston pulled out of the project, which was put together on a piecemeal basis.
		We walked past large ridges of rubble — called spoil in rail speak — on our woodsy walk to the east portal of Dick's Creek Tunnel, which I had to duck to enter.
	www.danwashburn.com /railway.html (1144 words)

	Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
		Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad is an all-volunteer operated railroad and is looking for additional volunteers to act as car hosts on the excursions.
		Nestled in the mountains of Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest, historic Blue Ridge awaits you and your family.
		Blue Ridge has been called the "antique capital" of northwest Georgia.
	www.brscenic.com (315 words)

	The HooK: COVER SIDEBAR- Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel
		Ownership: The tunnel was originally part of the 17-mile Blue Ridge Railroad, an entity created by the Commonwealth of Virginia to handle the expensive task of breaching the Blue Ridge and opening up the Shenandoah Valley.
		It was part of the Virginia Central Railroad-- purchased in 1869 by the CandO (now CSX).
		A prime target for Federal armies, this key Confederate line was constantly attacked, and by the end of the war had only about five miles of track still in operation and just $40 in the bank.
	www.readthehook.com /stories/2002/11/20/coverSidebarCrozetsBlueRid.html (265 words)

	Blue Ridge Railroad Historical Trail \| South Carolina Hikes
		The Blue Ridge Railroad was the grand dream of South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun, who was a member of the original surveying team.
		Although the railroad was never built, the trail along the railroad bed endures, and offers fine hiking year-round.
		The trail, developed in 1976, has fallen into disrepair, and though the Blue Ridge Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which now maintains the trail, has made great strides in rebuilding and re-marking it, there are still some confusing spots.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=HGD078-008 (275 words)

	Blue Ridge Chapter NRHS Events
		In addition to our regular monthly meetings, the Blue Ridge Chapter also hosts several annual events and frequent special outings and trips.
		The Southern Railway station in Altavista was built in 1910, but the original structure burned and was replaced by the railroad in 1936.
		Since 2004, the Blue Ridge Chapter NRHS has been privileged to host in the month of August Lynchburg's only annual railroad model and memorabilia show.
	www.blueridgenrhs.org /events.htm (405 words)

	Blue Ridge Chapter NRHS - Lynchburg, Virginia
		Today we have more than 75 members from all over the central Virginia region, representing a variety of railroad related interests: history, preservation, modeling, and photography.
		We are a local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, the nation's largest railroad historical society with over 17,000 members in 170 chapters.
		For more information on becoming a member of the Blue Ridge Chapter NRHS, see our Membership Information page.
	www.blueridgenrhs.org /index.htm (236 words)

	Blue Ridge Georgia, Gateway ot the Blue Ridge Mountains
		Blue Ridge Georgia, Gateway ot the Blue Ridge Mountains
		In 1886, the Marietta and Northern Railroad came to Fannin County, and in 1887, the town of Blue Ridge
		As a result of the railroad, the town flourished.
	www.blueridgega.com (138 words)

	Financial Policy
		Blue Ridge Plastic Surgery, PA Hendersonville, North Carolina
		Blue Ridge Plastic Surgery recommends three companies that provide patient payment plans.
		Delinquent accounts are reported to the credit bureau and aggressively pursued.
	www.blueridgeplasticsurgery.com /financial.htm (386 words)

	Other Blue Ridge Parkway Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY - America's favorite scenic drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway follows the mountain crests from the Shenandoah National Park in VA, through NC, to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in NC and TN.
		BEDFORD - Nestled among Virginia's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, with the National D-day Memorial, where Thomas Jefferson built his private retreat, and it's a place with unlimited appeal to visitors of all ages.
		LURAY-PAGE COUNTY - Nestled between the Blue Ridge and Massanutten Mountains in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
	www.blueridgeparkway.org /forms/order.asp (1800 words)

	Blue Ridge
		North John street will be the very first street you see, turn right and continue until you see the pool.
		Blue Ridge High School and Schneider Elementary will be on your right.
		At the intersection of 150 and 54 (a four-way stop with Hucks at one corner), turn left onto 54.
	www.blueridge18.org /fcdrive.htm (176 words)

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