Railroad’s Elkhorn Extension celebrates 100th anniversary

by EDITH FAYE REDDEN • Dickenson County Historical Society Vice-President
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Clinchfield Railroad dignitary George L. Carter, surrounded by other railroad officials and workers, drives the last spike to complete the Elkhorn Extension on Feb. 9, 1915. The extension opened up the coalfields from Dante to Elkhorn, City, Kentucky.


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