The "Pea Vine" A Ghost Railroad
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N 35° 38.964 W 088° 07.597
16S E 398010 N 3945647
A historical marker downtown Parsons, TN.
Waymark Code: WM2YJZ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2008
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In 1886 Tennessee Midland Railway Company as chartered to build a railroad from Memphis to Virginia. By 1889, 135.6 miles of track were completed to Perryville where it ended for lack of funds. In 1892, another rail connection at Lexington ended the need to extend the line past Perryville. By 1896, the 24.1 miles from Lexington to Perryville were owned by the Louisville & Nashville and operated by lessee Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. Known locally as the Pea Vine the Perryville branch operated daily until abandoned in October 1936.
On April 11, 1889, seeds for the town of Parsons were sown when landowner Henry Myracle deeded 143 acres to TN Midland Railway Company. In exchange TN Midland built a depot and laid out a town consisting of44 numbered blocks. Even numbers belonged to TN Midland and oddnumbers belonged to Henry Myracle. On April 20, 1889 George W. Partin bought the first lot in the new town of Parsons and later thatyear moved his general merchandise store and post office from nearby Partinville. In 1893, the post office's name was officially changed to Parsons.
Marker Name: The "Pea Vine" A Ghost Railroad
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Railroad
Marker Number: 4D 57
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
TN Historical Commission
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