Chartered in 1866, the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad was originally planned to connect the
Western & Atlantic Railroad
The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
It was fo ...
at
Cartersville, Georgia
Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States; it is located within the northwest edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,187. Cartersville is the county seat of Bartow Coun ...
to the
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad at
Prior, Georgia almost on the
Alabama
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state line.
By 1870 the railroad had of
broad gauge track connecting Cartersville to
Taylorsville, Georgia
Taylorsville is a town in Bartow and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 211 at the 2012 census.
History
Taylorsville was surveyed circa 1870 by Edward G. Taylor, and named for him. The Georgia General Assembly incorpor ...
but further growth was apparently impeded by shady financial dealings by then Governor
Rufus Bullock
Rufus Brown Bullock (March 28, 1834 – April 27, 1907) was a Republican Party politician and businessman in Georgia. During the Reconstruction Era he served as the state's governor and called for equal economic opportunity and political rights f ...
,
Hanniball Kimball, and other associates. These problems caused the railroad to be reorganized as the
Cherokee Railroad.
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Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads
Predecessors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Railway companies established in 1866
Railway companies disestablished in 1870
5 ft gauge railways in the United States
1866 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
American companies established in 1866
American companies disestablished in 1870
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