Pike County Mississippi had one of the largest logging railroads built by John James [J J] White, the Liberty-White Railroad. Captain White was the first man to build a tram railroad in the state of Mississippi for hauling logs. The Liberty White, which began running in 1904, also carried cotton, supplies, cattle and mail. The passenger cars gave residents in rural Amite County convenient, daily transportation to major towns. Stops between McComb and Liberty in Amite County were Irene, Glading, Peoria and Marshalltown. In 1912 the J J White Lumber Company moved to Columbia. The Liberty White continued operating until 1921 or 1922 when it was dissolved. This information is from the March 31, 1972 Centennial Edition of the McComb Enterprise-Journal and an article written by Glenda Sloan for the REA Paper Today/April 2001, "The Silent Whistle of the Liberty White". -----Original Message----- From: mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mswilkin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:48 PM To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Logging Railroads This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cayce372002 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.countie s.wilkinson/60.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any counties in Mississippi that logging camps might have been in around 1900 to 1905. Any help would be appreciated..... Terri Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. Message boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.mississippi.countie s.wilkinson/mb.ashx Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ collection of Family Histories in LDS Salt Lake City Family History Library http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSWILKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message