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	Settlements in Louisa County, Iowa
		Lettsville was established as a railroad town in 1855 by James A. Green on the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad.
		Port Louisa was south of the cutoff of Muscatine Slough in Section 5 of Port Louisa Twp., surveyed in 1854 by John R. Sisson.
		West Port Louisa was platted by Henry Rockafeller/Rockafellow in 1849 and was located in the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of sections 6 and 7 in Port Louisa Twp.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ialouisa/towns.html (3695 words)

	History of the Town of Louisa, Virginia
		The coming of the railroad proved to be a boon to the village in later years and was a contributing factor to its growth.
		Louisa played a part in the Civil War, not only furnishing a Company of men, the Louisa Blues, as a part of the 23rd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate forces, but also as a result of the Battle of Trevilians, which occurred on the 11th and 12th of June, 1864.
		The Town of Louisa was incorporated under Chapter 125 of the Acts of the General Assembly 1872-1873 and approved on 8 March, 1873.
	louisatown.org /tn-hist.htm (2592 words)

	Town of Louisa, Virginia
		The reason for the late colonization of Louisa County was because it was an interior landlocked area of the Piedmont in Virginia which was difficult to reach.
		Patrick Henry represented Louisa in the House from 1765 to 1768.
		Dabney Carr represented Louisa County in the House of Burgesses from 1772-73.
	louisatown.org /town/countyhist.htm (903 words)

	1869 Diary
		Louisa Jane Kerr Dancy (1834-1887) was the daughter of Francis Bradley Kerr and Ann Reid Neal Kerr.
		John and Louisa were married February 27, 1856, he was 25 and she was 16 years of age.
		Louisa wrote,"One old Negro man held on, refused to die, until he knew his coffin was made." John did provide some metal coffins, ordered and delivered to the Stanton rail depot.
	www.dancyville.net /johnlou.htm (1153 words)

	Civil War Cavalry Battle Driving Tour Trevilian Station
		The railroad embankment covered his left flank, while open ground in front of his position offered an excellent field of fire.
		His mission was to destroy the Virginia Central Railroad junctions at Gordonsville, Cobham Station, and Charlottesville, unite with Gen. David Hunter's army, and return to the Army of the Potomac by way of the James River.
		The 1st Michigan, supported by the 7th Michigan, assaulted along the railroad tracks and was repulsed with heavy losses.
	www.trevilianstation.org /tour.htm (4094 words)

	Trains \| History \| C&O
		During the 1850's the railroad's biggest competitor was the canal being constructed by the James River Company started in 1785 with George Washington its president.
		By 1851 the canal had reached its farthest navigable point on the James River and a railroad was proposed to span the distance to the Ohio River.
		In 1923 the railroad came under control of the Van Sweringen brothers and through arrangements was aligned with many railroads in the region, but a merger of the Nickel Plate, Erie, C&O and others never ocurred.
	csx.history.railfan.net /history/histco2.html (926 words)

	Speech by Laura Bush
		Louisa was in her 20s when she moved to Orchard House with her parents and sisters.
		He was known as a leading transcendentalist and reforming educator, who imparted the basics of education, and the ideals of a good life: be yourself, love nature, help others, and temper your behavior with self-control.
		Were it not for Louisa May Alcott's talented writing, this home may never have found its way into the national spotlight.
	www.louisamayalcott.org /bushtalk.html (780 words)

	Louisa County Historical Society
		The county separated from Hanover County and was named after Princess Louisa, the youngest daughter of King George II of England, in 1742 (left).
		The present Louisa County Courthouse was erected in 1905.
		Louisa County was created in 1742 from part of Hanover County.
	louisacountyhistoricalsociety.org /countyhistory.htm (1045 words)

	Louisa County Virginia Records
		Louisa County was established on 1 Dec. 1742 from the portion of Hanover County lying above the mouth of Little Rocky Creek on the North Anna River.
		Louisa's records are complete, with the exception of the current court order book for the 1860s, which went to Richmond and was believed destroyed in the evacuation of the city.
		Louisa County was established in 1742 from the portion of Hanover County lying above the mouth of Little Rocky Creek on the Northanna River.
	genealogyresources.org /Louisa.html (1420 words)

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		Nineteenth-century railroad telegraphers performed a function that was analogous to that of modern air traffic controllers; they had to note the exact time that a train passed the station, and transmit this information to the next station on the line.
		Louisa E. Volker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1838, the daughter of German immigrants, Emanuel and Emily (or Amelia) Volker.
		Louisa Volker probably learned telegraphy from C. Barrett, the operator at the railroad depot in Mineral Point in the 1860's; why she decided to enter what was then a male-dominated field is not known.
	www.mindspring.com /~tjepsen/civilwar.htm (7954 words)

	History of the Piedmont Subdivision
		Because the Louisa Railroad was the root of the Chesapeake and Ohio, the history of the Piedmont Sub is the early history of the CandO.
		On February 18 of 1836 the Louisa Railroad was chartered by the state of Virginia.
		Because the railroad no longer lay primarily within the confines of Louisa County, the Louisa Railroad was renamed the Virginia Central in 1850.
	www.piedmontsub.com /History.shtml (1012 words)

	Louisa and the Country Bachelor by Anna MacLean
		It's a good idea, for she and her family led rather exceptional lives, and it is certainly easier to imagine this happening to them than to many other historical figures.
		For her debut, read Louisa and the Missing Heiress (essential before this second installment I would say), and then pick up with her and the rest of the Alcott clan in Walpole.
		This is not to say that the plot is dull (although it is less obtrusive most of the time than in the first book), but reading about Louisa and her wonderful, beautifully drawn family is a far bigger treat.
	www.myshelf.com /mystery/05/louisaandthecountrybachelor.htm (305 words)

	Diana Clark, Realtor - Louisa County
		Louisa County was created in 1742 when it was separated from Hanover County.
		This new county was named after Princess Louisa, the youngest daughter of King George II of England.
		Louisa County is made up of 497 square miles with over 26,000 people.
	www.dianaclark.net /louisa.htm (284 words)

	Charlottesville History
		In 1850 the Louisa Railroad Company, (later the Virginia Central and later yet the Chesapeake and Ohio) was the first to arrive in Charlottesville.
		The railroads, stations and freight yards sponsored new areas of development, particularly along the southern edge of the original grid, and paralleling Main Street between the University of downtown.
		The junction of the two railroads between downtown and the University further invigorated that area (Star Hill) as it became a service center for the passengers and railroad workers who stayed at the hotels and ate at the restaurants.
	www3.iath.virginia.edu /schwartz/cville/cville.history.html (2213 words)

	James and Louisa
		Louisa was a widow by the time she was 32 when she is listed as the head of household in the 1871 Ontario Canada Census.
		Her son William drowned in a tragic accident 6 years after Louisa died in 1885.
		Letters that Louisa wrote to her son Philemon in the 1880s remain in the family.
	home.comcast.net /~cpechal/HTM/jamesstitthis.htm (319 words)

	Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park - Battle of Trevilian Station (U.S. National Park Service)
		He later wrote that "From the nature of the ground and the character of the attacks that were made upon me our lines very nearly resembled a circle." To relieve Custer's hard-pressed brigade, Sheridan attacked Hampton, compelling the Confederate general to retreat to a point several miles west of Trevilian Station.
		The railroad embankment covered his left flank, while open ground in front of his position offered an excellent field of fire.
		From this point to your left the Confederate line followed the railroad and was protected by its embankment.
	www.nps.gov /frsp/trev.htm (1967 words)

	Chesapeake Bay - Economy - The Mariners' Museum
		The "peculiar institution" of slavery continued to be the driving force of growth for the important economic cornerstones of the Chesapeake Bay region.
		In 1836 the Louisa Railroad in central Virginia was established.
		The railroad began transporting coal from West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, to the terminus at Newport News, Virginia.
	www.mariner.org /chesapeakebay/economy/cbe002.html (757 words)

	Museum Shop: Non-fiction Books
		Louisa was between the ages of 12 and 14 when she wrote these diary entries, collected and edited with added historical information for better understanding.
		A neat compendium of Louisa May Alcott’s life as told through a series of recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates.
		Here are stories from the people who knew her, with several that focus on Louisa’s teen years, providing intimate glimpses into the life of the Alcotts that lead readers to one conclusion: the family was happy, fun, and entertaining -- very much like the fictional Marches!
	www.louisamayalcott.org /shop/shop_booksnonfic.html (683 words)

	About CSXT: Rail Heritage - CSXT's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Lexington and Ohio Railroad was chartered Jan. 27 to build a line between Lexington, Ky., and the Ohio River near Louisville, Ky. Construction began in 1831 and was completed in 1834 to Frankfort, Ky., reaching Louisville in 1851.
		The Georgia Railroad was chartered Dec. 21 and construction commenced at Augusta in 1835, pushing westward toward the Chattahoochee Valley in western Georgia.
		The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was reorganized between 1873 and 1878 during receivership and was renamed the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CandO) of July 1, 1878.
	csx.history.railfan.net /history/history.html (1395 words)

	Free Barron's BookNotes for Hard Times - The Story, continued-Free Literature Summaries/Booknotes from PinkMonkey.com
		CHAPTER XI As Louisa continues down the "staircase," Gradgrind arrives from London to bury his wife in a "businesslike manner." Mrs.
		Sparsit then asks Tom to tell Louisa that she won't be coming to the Bounderbys for the weekend after all.
		She thinks that Louisa and Harthouse are planning a rendezvous while Bounderby is out of town.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/barrons/hardtimes38.asp (565 words)

	Modern Railroads
		The original railroad chartered to connect Richmond with the Shenandoah Valley was the Lousia Railroad.
		It was relatively easy for the Confederates to replace the wooden railroad ties that the Yankees burned during the war, and even to rebuild the bridges and trestles.
		Today the old Louisa Railroad is the Piedmont Subdivision of the CSX Railroad, and leased to the Buckingham Branch.
	www.virginiaplaces.org /classschedule/7louisarr.html (1536 words)

	Democracy Derailed on Track 29 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The latest big-money solvent victory for the railroaders came in late November, when attorney Roger Lane of Brunswick, Ga., won a $765,000 jury award for the widow of Roy Lee Berry Jr, a former CSX electrician from Hamlet, N.C. Because of challenges and appeals, the case took eight years to reach a jury.
		Investigators learned that railroad dispatchers for CSX, which owned the tracks, were given 20 minutes' warning that the truck was stalled at the crossing, yet failed to stop the Amtrak train in time.
		The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, part of the Chessie System Railroads, traced its corporate ancestry to the Louisa Railroad Company which was chartered in Richmond in 1836, and the CandO had its headquarters in that city for many years.
	www.the-catbird-seat.net /Railroads.htm (6443 words)

	Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society - History of the C&O
		By 1850 the Louisa Railroad had been built east to Richmond and west to Charlottesville, and ion keeping with its new and larger vision, was renamed Virginia Central.
		During 1869-1873 the hard work of building through West Virginia was done with large crews working from the new city of Huntington on the Ohio River and White Sulphur (much as the UP and CP had done in the transcontinental work), and the line was closed at Hawks Nest, W. Va. on January 28, 1873.
		From 1900 to 1920 most of the C&O's line tapping the rich bituminous coal fields of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky were built, and the C&O as it was known throughout the rest of the 20th Century was essentially in place.
	www.cohs.org /history/history.htm (2090 words)

	Banquet rooms, wedding receptions, catering services in Connecticut
		Edgardo and Louisa Marchesini from New York City, bought 120 acres of woods, farmland and the house they turned into an Inn.
		In summer and winter, the Villa Louisa prospered as a retreat from City life where visitors could go hiking and hunting and relax on Birch Mountain.
		A Villa Louisa is a multiple award winning banquet facility offering mouthwatering food and white gloves service at prices you’ll like.
	www.avillalouisa.com /Company/index.html (483 words)

	Gordonville, Virginia: Piedmont crossroads Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine - Find Articles
		Later that year, Robert King (a son-in-law of Nathaniel Gordon) sold two acres of land to the railroad for the construction of a depot and other buildings.' King apparently had big plans for the area around the depot; in 1839 he sold part interest in land adjoining the depot site for a tavern.
		The fertile Green Springs area of Louisa County was close by, and 2.6 million tons of Green Springs produce were loaded onto Louisa Railroad trains at Gordonsville alone in 1842-1843.
		In 1850, the Louisa Railroad became the Virginia Central (VC).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3943/is_200009/ai_n8917694 (1020 words)

	Rivanna Chapter, NRHS Central Virginia Railroad History
		On February 18, 1836, the Louisa Railroad was chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		From the beginning, though, the Louisa Railroad was intended to extend west to the Alleghany Mountains.
		1878 The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was reorganized between 1873 and 1878 during receivership and was renamed the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CandO) of July 1, 1878.
	avenue.org /nrhs/history.htm (3010 words)

	Louisa Railroad
		Louisa Railroad is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		By 1850 the Louisa Railroad had been built east to Richmond and west to Charlottesville, and in keeping with its new and larger vision, was renamed the Virginia Cent...
		Louisa The Louisa Railroad was chartered in 1836, running from the RFandP at Doswell west...
	www.experiencefestival.com /louisa_railroad (1755 words)

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	CSX Railroad History
		As a result, a direct rail connection was not established with the Orange and Alexandria RR (via the Alexandria and Washington Railroad) until 1863 during the Civil War when a new bridge was constructed.
		The Louisa Railroad, a predecessor to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CandO Rwy), was chartered in 1836.
		A connection was made with the Alexandria and Washington Railroad (AandW RR) and the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad at Alexandria.
	www.trainweb.org /PiedmontRR/railhst2.html (1301 words)

	This Week in the Civil War June 12, 1864
		The destruction of the railroad occupied until 3 o'clock of this day.
		My command engaged did not exceed 1,200 men, as a large detail had to be made to guard prisoners and protect wagon train, and also detachments destroying the two lines of railroad, which was all-important.
		They are believed to be making for the Danville railroad to destroy bridges.
	www.civilweek.com /1864/jun1264.htm (7300 words)

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