Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Co. - $1,000 Bond - Railroad Bonds for Sale

Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Co. - $1,000 Bond - Railroad Bonds For Sale

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Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Co. - $1,000 Bond - Railroad Bonds:
$205.00

$1,000, 6% Uncanceled Gold Bond. Great Graphics! Quite Rare! Many coupons remain. Nicknamed "The Hiwassee Route" for a scenic portion of the railroad along the Hiawassee River, the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway was chartered in 1896 as a successor to the Marietta and North Georgia Railway, which had entered receivership in 1891. It was part of a railroad system that ran from the community of Elizabeth near Marietta, Georgia, northward to Murphy in far western North Carolina, and to Delano just south of Etowah in southeast Tennessee. Originally incorporated in 1854 as the Ellijay Railroad after the town of Ellijay, Georgia, it was renamed the Marietta, Canton & Ellijay Railroad, and finally the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad, finally beginning construction in 1874. Beginning at the Western & Atlantic Railroad in Elizabeth (now within Marietta city limits), it connected through Blackwells, Noonday, Woodstock, Lebanon/Toonigh, Holly Springs, and Canton, taking until 1879 to do so. It continued to Marble Cliff in 1883, and to Ellijay in 1884. In 1887, it was completed to Murphy, and merged with the Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.