Cemeteries of Haletown and Bridgeport
The Cemetery Detective explores the cemeteries between Haletown, Tennessee and Bridgeport, Alabama.
Join Keith as he not only explores the cemeteries of this historically significant swath of Tennessee and Alabama but also delves into the history of the local communities.
Keith begins at the current Running Water Creek Railroad Bridge. The original bridge was built not far from here prior to the War Between The States. That bridge was demolished by Confederate Soldiers in an effort to stem the advance of Union forces moving into the area. The bridge has lived through several iterations that fell victim to flood or old age. The current bridge was built in 1968. It is in daily use.
Keith also takes us to Whiteside, Tennessee. Prior to it being called Whiteside, the community was called Running Water. Determined Cherokee Tribal Leader Dragging Canoe lived here the final 10 years of his life. Dragging Canoe staged his struggle against Euro-Americans who were streaming onto Cherokee lands via the Federal Road.
Cemeteries dot the landscape within short distance of the railroad track that cuts through the countryside.
Hale Cemetery
Hale Cemetery
Ladds Switch Cemetery
Graham Cemetery
Clouse Cemetery
Burnett Cemetery
New Hope Cemetery
Whited Family Cemetery
Harris Chapel Cemetery
South Pittsburg City Cemetery
Patton Cemetery
Patton Cemetery Annex
Gunter Cemetery
Abbot Cemetery
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Rocky Springs Cemetery
Bonaventure Cemetery
While in Bridgeport, Alabama, Keith explores the Bridgeport Railroad Museum and is fascinated with the Bridgeport Lift Bridge.
Having crossed Running Water Creek Railroad Bridge earlier in the day, the train enters Bridgeport by crossing the Tennessee River only a few feet from a 1/4 mile long walking bridge.
As a final stop, Keith visits the Virgin of the Poor Shrine in New Hope, Tennessee.
NC&StL caboose and depot at Bridgeport, Alabama
Filmed in December of 2012.
Bridgeport, Alabama
Bridgeport Depot and Museum.
© Thomas L. Howasrd
The historic Bridgeport Depot is located along the CSX (L&N NC&STL) main in Bridgeport Alabama. The museum contains local artifacts and railroad memorabilia as well as a historical research library for Bridgeport and area history buffs.
There are records that go back to 1807, Bridgeport News issues back to 1891, post office records, tax records, business charge account ledgers, War Between the States records, genealogical and historical papers and much, much more.
The museum is open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 until 5 p.m. Tours are free.
I believe the caboose is a ex Seaboard Coast Line M5, but I can't verify.
Bridgeport, Alabama: The New York City of the South
Believing the city's location and resources had extraordinary potential for development in the late 1800s, developers began buying up land in the area.
Bridgeport Alabama's jim crow EXPOSED - Katrice Henry by 1Latham TV
Katrice Henry of Bridgeport, AL brings THE TRUTH out about the demonic racism against blacks from governmental whites of Bridgeport, AL. - like the Mayor david hughes / bubba hughes - with his vicious lying tongue that Bridgeport is some type of community that is together.
Video Interview and Recording by Dennis C. Latham for 1Latham TV
ALL TRUTH ALL DAY - ALL TRUTH ALL NIGHT
Sequatchie Valley Railroad power at their Bridgeport yard
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Sequatchie Valley Railroad
SQVR's Bridgeport yard
Bridgeport, AL
3:45 pm CT
© Thomas L, Howard
The Jasper Branch Railroad (Sequatchie Valley Railroad) was originally authorized for construction in 1860 and was to be a branch-line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad leading off of the mainline at Bridgeport, Alabama. The coming American Civil War the following year delayed that construction. However, attempts were made by Union forces stationed at Bridgeport in October 1863 to complete the railroad as a means of moving supplies closer to the besieged Union Army at Chattanooga. It is not known how far along they were able to complete the road.
After the war, the railroad was completed to Jasper, Tennessee. The first shipment over the Jasper Branch Railroad was on March 12, 1867 by Owen Russell Beene and consisted of nine bales of cotton. In 1868, Major William Jasper organized the Sequatchie Valley Railroad Company, which would extend the railroad from Jasper to Pikeville, Tennessee. This company managed to extend the line as far as Victoria when the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway purchased the company on January 27, 1877.
The railroad into the Sequatchie Valley was vital to future development of coal mines and coke works in the area. It was also vital in the establishment of the city of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, which was where most of the local iron trade was established. The railroad was later extended to Whitwell in 1887 and to Dunlap in 1888. The last extension was in 1891 to Pikeville, Tennessee a distance of sixty miles from Bridgeport. Before the extension of the railroad, a turntable was used at Jasper to turn the steam locomotive for its trip back down the branch to Bridgeport.
Several depots were built along the line at the different communities. These include Deptford (Richard City), South Pittsburg, Kimball, Jasper, Victoria, Sequatchie, Whitwell, Dunlap, College Station, Lee's and Pikeville. Some of these communities and smaller communities along the line had waiting sheds for passengers instead of the costly depots. Once completed to Pikeville the road became known as the Pikeville Branch Railroad.
A branch railroad known as the Orme (Tennessee) Branch Railroad was built in 1902 and switched off of the Jasper branch about a mile from the Bridgeport, Alabama depot. This line extended about 11-miles to Orme where a mountain of coal was to be mined. The railroad was removed in 1942 after coal was depleted enough from the mountains to no longer warrant the operation of this line. The wood framed depot at Orme still stands today and is one of the few reminders of this once busy railroad.
As for the Pikeville Branch Railroad, rails from below the Jasper depot to Pikeville were pulled up in the mid-1990s. The line, which is now privately owned and renamed the Sequatchie Valley Railroad, only runs from Bridgeport to about two miles east of Jasper. Traffic on the line now consist of about one run a day bringing in raw materials to the manufacturers in Jasper and outside Bridgeport. In addition, many completed products are transferred to the switchyards at Bridgeport for shipment on the CSX Transportation, Inc. mainline.
Yadkin Valley 201 GP7 (ex C&O 5827)
NS 3986 (ex Pine Belt Southern, ex Southern Railway 3986)
Unidentified SW switcher
Willetts Railcar Services (Private Varnish/Caboose), 05-28-2015
Here we got various pieces of railroad rolling stock on the Willetts Railcar Services track at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina. In the following order: MKT (KATY 1202R) [800046] J. Pinckney Henderson Flat-End Observation Car, BB800399 Shennandoah Vale Sleeper Car, Seaboard Airline (TCRX 800129) Hollywood Beach Viewer Lounge Car, Milwaukee Road (800464) Wisconsin Observation Car, & Willetts Railcar Services (VGN 199462/IC 131) Caboose
Fort Harker - Stevenson,Alabama
This was a great day trip! Please forgive my mistakes reading the Historic Marker. I skipped a line! I am a dummy! Also, I mention that there are 8 cannon platforms directly after reading that there were 7! Duh! I am begging you not to try Old Man's Beard without consulting an Herbalist or other qualified expert! Consider that as entertainment only!
Skirmish at the Scottsboro Depot
Join the Daily Sentinel and Ann B. Chambless on a historical journey to discover the Scottsboro Depot's important role during the Civil War.
Director: Scott Lancaster
Boxcar Moved to Turntable by Forklift at Huntsville Depot
Workers are moving a boxcar to the turntable at Huntsville Depot. As railroad videos go this isn't the most exciting one.
Huntsville's passenger depot was built in 1860. Passenger service ended in the Sixties. For many years the city operated the depot as a museum, but they have closed the museum operation in favor of using the depot for private events.
The modern roundhouse is also now used for events. This roundhouse was built originally for museum use. The Memphis & Charleston Railroad (the city's first railroad) had a roundhouse and shops on the north side of the depot, north of where the ruins of where the burned antebellum freight depot now stand.
At the start of the video you can hear a westbound coal train passing north of here.
The boxcar used to have Family Lines paint.
Fort Payne Depot Museum
This video is about Fort Payne Depot Museum
Jackson County Sheriff's Department Identified P
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has identified persons of interest in a Bridgeport homicide.
Dejion Roberson's body was found on a rural county road in Bridgeport, early Saturday morning.
Roberson's body was found near the Tennessee border just off of Alabama State Route 277.
The sheriff's department is not releasing any more details, as the investigation is ongoing.
Railroad History Sites
Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi
January 16-25, 2012
Athens, Decatur, Hartselle, Cullman, Calera, Clanton, Alabama
Starkville, Mississippi
Jackson, Tennessee
Bridgeport, Alabama | Wikipedia audio article
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Bridgeport is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. At the time of 2010 census the population was 2,418, down from 2,728 in 2000. Bridgeport is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.
NC&StL F Units Pulling an NC&StL Freight - Tennessee Central Railway Museum HO Layout
A pair of NC&StL F units pull a freight on the Tennessee Central Railway Museum's HO scale model railroad.
Coal Train with Six Locomotives Crosses the Tennessee River Bridge
An empty coal train on NS with all BNSF power crosses the Tennessee River in Decatur, Alabama. This NS bridge is also used by CSX.
The track to the right is a branch used by CSX and NS to serve several industries. The track to the left is for business just off the main next to the river.
On the other side of the river the CSX line to Nashville goes left and the NS line to Chattanooga goes right. South of here the lines diverge, with the NS main going to Sheffield and Memphis, and the CSX main going to Birmingham.
This location is just north of the depot in Decatur.
The locomotives are BNSF 6000, BNSF 9492, BNSF ?, BNSF 5689, BNSF 6139 and BNSF 6310.
L&N Caboose Tour
Today we take a tour of L&N 35080, an extended vision caboose. It is now a welcome center for the city of Helena, Alabama. Enjoy! Sorry for the poor lighting. Please comment, rate, subscribe, and add as friend!
Cook's Natural Science Museum in Decatur, Alabama
Lot's of fun exhibits to look at in Cook's Natural Science Museum in Decatur, Alabama.
Barnum Museum tornado damage, Bridgeport, CT
Shortly after an unexpected tornado in June of 2010 caused severe damage to their building, the staff of the Barnum Museum went outside to capture this footage. Narrated by Barnum Museum Curator Kathleen Maher, Video recorded by Jaime M. Knoedler of the Barnum Museum, and edited by Corey Boutilier.
Video shot with a Flip video camcorder with color correction in Final Cut Pro.
Shoals Model Railroaders HO Scale Railroad - Tuscumbia, AL
Follow a train around the HO scale model railroad operated by the Shoals Model Railroaders. They are located next door to the depot in Tuscumbia, Alabama. This layout features some local businesses and the Southern Railway.
North Alabama RR Museum 2016 with must see NS train!