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Tombstone Junction was a small, Western-town-themed park located on Kentucky Route 90 in McCreary County, Kentucky near the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. It began operating in the 1960s and continued uninterrupted until it was heavily damaged by fire in 1989.
It was named in honor of the town's founder, Justus S. Stearns, and operated from 1974 until its closure by Blue Diamond Coal in October 1987. The Big South Fork Scenic Railway started operating on July 1, 1982. The railway had 7 open-air passenger cars, all home built, and two ALCo S2 diesel switchers, Nos. 102 and 105.
The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1]
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Smoketown is a neighborhood one mile (1.6 km) southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Smoketown has been a historically black neighborhood since the Civil War. It is the only neighborhood in the city that has had such a continuous presence. Smoketown is bounded by Broadway, CSX railroad tracks, Kentucky Street, and I-65.
About 30 years after Mammoth Cave became a National Park, the community has had a sense of a revival in the form of a tourist attraction. The Village of Wondering Woods, later known as The Historic Wondering Woods and Tranquil Valley Village, was a living history museum that operated on a site just outside of park boundaries [5] on the Barren County side of the Chaumont area during the summer ...
A post office called "Wilmore" was established in 1877. It was named for John R. Wilmore, a local landowner and former slave owner. [5] [6] In 1882, the Southern Railway established a line through the county and located a flag stop at Wilmore which was briefly called "Scott's Station". It was named for John D. Scott, the owner of the site.
With a population shy of 8,700, a small town in Kentucky might seem like an unlikely candidate for an idyllic place where soon-to-be retirees can enjoy their golden years. However, it may soon ...