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Marshall & Northeastern

More primary research into Harrison County records needs to be done on this railroad. The unofficial version of its history is that a group of private investors from Marshall, Harrison County, built a railroad from Marshall to Montvale Springs in 1882, naming the road the Marshall & Northeastern. The Hope Lumber Company of the Harle Brothers would use the Marshall and Northeastern to carry the company’s mill product; it is possible that part of the original roadbed either incorporated or followed the first tramroads in the area.

A plan to sell the Marshall & Northeastern to the St. Louis and San Francisco, which intended to run a line from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the Indian Territory, did not come to a successful conclusion. Instead, the original ownership group who reorganzied the Marshall & Northeastern in the Paris, Marshall, and Sabine Pass.

Two major crashes occured in 1903 and in 1915. Lives were lost in both instances.

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215

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Incorporated:

Yes

Ownership:

Private investors from Marshall, Harrison County and the Hope Lumber Company

Years of Operation:

1882 to 1915

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Locations Served:

Marshall (Harrison)

Counties of Operation:

Harrison, Marion

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History:

More primary research into Harrison County records needs to be done on this railroad. The unofficial version of its history is that a group of private investors from Marshall, Harrison County, built a railroad from Marshall to Montvale Springs in 1882, naming the road the Marshall & Northeastern. The Hope Lumber Company of the Harle Brothers would use the Marshall and Northeastern to carry the company’s mill product; it is possible that part of the original roadbed either incorporated or followed the first tramroads in the area.

A plan to sell the Marshall & Northeastern to the St. Louis and San Francisco, which intended to run a line from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the Indian Territory, did not come to a successful conclusion. Instead, the original ownership group who reorganzied the Marshall & Northeastern in the Paris, Marshall, and Sabine Pass.

Two major crashes occured in 1903 and in 1915. Lives were lost in both instances.

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