Georgia, Atlanta and the Western and Atlantic Railroad Virginia and Georgia were the most successful southern states in the antebellum/ Early Republic railroad age. In
Category: the Great RR Race in the South
8.11 South Carolina Attempts to be the New York of the South
South Carolina Attempts to be the New York of the South Charleston’s Hinterland Imperialism: The 1850’s Blue Ridge RR New York City’s “take off” benefited
8.10 South Carolina’s Canal, Roads and the SCC&RR
South Carolina’s First Venture into Internal Improvements Navigable rivers were viewed then as we view highways today. They were preferable to roads for commerce, especially
8.9 AnteBellum MED, Developmental Transportation, Cotton Belt RR
Contextual Factors Affecting Southern External MED Developmental Transportation Infrastructure Strategy When we separate northern and southern economic development into two distinct regions, it is easier
8.8 Cotton Boom Antebellum 1812 MED Economic Development: Alabama
Implementation of Alabama’s Antebellum External MED All this palaver about migrations and political culture and their shaping of Alabama’s antebellum policy systems “hits the road”
8.6 Cotton Belt Exodus from the Womb: Time Line and Shared Dynamics
John Weaver described the settlement of the American Cotton Belt as “a great land rush” [1]. Instead of a “gold rush” (which we are are
Ron W. Coan 