After the Civil War, the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, decided to invest in a railroad to Cumberland Gap and Middlesborough. The first train to travel on that railroad from Knoxville to Middlesborough in 1889 was filled with dignitaries, politicians and prominent Appalachian businessmen.
They never it to their destination.
Watch our story about the wreck of the first train to attempt the trip from Knoxville to Middlesborough in 1889 which cost the lives of several prominent men from both places.
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