Appalachia's Deadliest Railroad

For 40 years starting in the 1850's a railroad was built across the most rugged and remote parts of Appalachia, western North Carolina. This railroad was mostly completed as planned, using convict labor, at not only a great monetary cost but also at the cost of those convicts' lives.
Today we tell the story of the Western North Carolina Railroad and the men who built it.
Tuckaseegee River photo by Matthew T. Bradley - originally posted to Flickr as looking up the Tuckasegee, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

[@dreamway9]

I love listening to these actual historical stories along side the fictional Old Gods of Appalachia podcast. It makes for a nice contrast and compare!

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Wow...we are honored to be mentioned with Old Gods of Appalachia! Thanks for watching us, too...

[@mildredrharmon4032]

Somebody cut all that timber and made right of way for that railroad! Sawmillers…❤️

[@ismokebudallday420]

I'm a little confused you keep saying Western North Carolina but shouldn't it be Eastern?

[@abdullahta-wm1wq]

Hahahaha it is west. Check the map