Railroading around Dothan and the Wiregrass Region

ISBN-13:	9780738517193
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/13/2004
Series:	Images of Rail
Edition description:	Dothan, Alabama
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	228,668
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

The Wiregrass Region of southeast Alabama, southwest Georgia, and north Florida—named for the perennial grass that covered the long-leaf pine forest floor—is a product of the railroads that arose with the New South. All kinds of railroads served all kinds of purposes in the Wiregrass. Shortlines and even temporary tracks moved timber and pine resin from forest to mill a century ago—they move raw materials and manufactured goods between ports and factories today. Longer lines created business links between Wiregrass towns and the cities of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the world. Some of these roads lasted only a few years; others merged into complex systems connecting the Wiregrass Region with the rest of the world in a way early settlers could not even imagine.