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106 Years Ago Today

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106 Years Ago Today
Posted by eastside on Sunday, April 30, 2006 12:56 AM
On April 30, 1900, 106 years ago today, Johnathan Luther "Casey" Jones, ran his passenger train into a stopped freight train at Vaughn, Mississippi, inspiring a genre of ballad. "The Brave Engineer," page 34, Trains, April 2000.
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Posted by SSW9389 on Sunday, April 30, 2006 5:28 AM
I believe the museum at Vaughn shut down due to funding issues (Katrina). The Casey Jones Museum at Jackson, TN is still there.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:20 AM
Interesting. I always wondered when this happened, know I now. [8D]

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