Documents

The following documents are a sampling of the documents which RAIL member Steve Little researched in order to compile background History and a proposal for the RAIL Memorial Project. These document are from the North Carolina State Archives, courtesy of William H. Brown, the Archives Registrar, and are as follows:

The Governor’s Message from January 13, 1877 regarding the Railroad (page 1).

A report of the Commissioners of the Western North Carolina Railroad (page 1).

A Report of the Committee of Investigation on the Western North Carolina Railroad (page 1).

The contract for the Swannanoa Tunnel Work and the Report of the Select Committee on the Western North Carolina Railroad (page 1).