NP, NP 3/26/1861

From the Nashville Patriot
 
March 26, 1861
 
New and Short Route to Memphis
   On Thursday of last week, the track was completed on the Memphis & Clarksville Railroad {Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville RR}; and a new route will thus be opened from Nashville to Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis, &c., via Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad. This route is fifty miles shorter than any now open. We understand regular through trains will shortly be put on, making the trip to Memphis several hours quicker than by any of the routes now in use. Owing to the shorter distance, this should become the main thoroughfare between the principal cities of Tennessee, and to the Southwest and West generally. It will be a great advantage t Nashville in opening up a region hitherto inaccessible to our business men.

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