NP, TD 1/5/1861

From the New Orleans True Delta
 
January 5, 1861
 
New Florida Railroad
   Our Florida exchanges are jubilant over the completion of the great railroad from Jacksonville, on the St. Johns, to Tallahassee. The trains are now running regularly between the two places. {Two roads were involved: Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central RR and Pensacola & Georgia RR. Other records indicate the roads met in April, 1860, so there must have been an upgrading of the service to cause this jubilation (through trains?)}

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