Louisville & Nashville Railroad

The four-panel print of the Louisville & Nashville (L&N) train at the DeFuniak Springs depot (upper photo) was sold by the Walton County Heritage Association in 1992. No other copies remain. It is believed the panoramic photo was taken during one of the Chautauqua Assemblies, which would account for the

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LABOR: A National Weekly Newspaper

LABOR, a national weekly newspaper was published in Washington, D.C., for over four decades. Four issues are in the Heritage Collection, but they are extremely fragile and do not appear to have information specifically about Walton County. [Accession No. 2008-5-2: Donated by W. H. Brooks]

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Gulf Coast (all rail) Route

The advertisement below is from The American Angler, January 24, 1885, page 63. The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad ceased to exist and was incorporated into the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in July 1885. Gulf Coast (all rail) Route The Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad). The only route from the

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