Amory

by Sue Brown and Bo Miller

Book Overview

In November 1887, the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad (KCM&B)--later the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, or "Frisco"--established a new town as a halfway point on its route between Memphis and Birmingham. The town was named Amory in honor of Harcourt Amory, a prominent Bostonian and railroad executive. The 500 acres the railroad purchased from Amanda Owen were surveyed and drawn into plots parallel to the railroad tracks, creating Mississippi's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467112887
• ISBN13: 9781467112888
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"