Stanly County, North Carolina, and it's Railroads
References
These footnotes and bibliographic references back up the material presented in the Historic Overview and Railroad History portions of these Stanly County pages. They are probably not up to the highest of academic research standards, but they'll get you pointed in the right direction if you want to find out more. The number one source of information concerning any historic facet of Stanly County is the Heritage Room in the library, which is located in Downtown Albemarle on Main Street.
Footnotes
1 Carriker. Railroading in the Carolina Sandhills: Volume 1. 63.
2 Carriker. 105.
3 Carriker. 133-135.
[4] Legal History of the Southern Railway. 561-563.
i Sharpe and Pepper. Pages 121 thru 208 (churches), and pages 240 thru 241 (railroads).
ii Ibid. Pages 240-241.
iii Miller and Vaughn, 2.
iv Ibid, 2-5.
v ibid, 7-10.
vi Ibid, 15.
vii Not used.
viii XYZ. Page 25.
ix XYZ. Pages 135 and 152.
x XYZ. Page 142.
xi Burke. Page 362. Incidentally, in this excellent discussion of the growth and development of the Southern Railway, exactly nothing is mentioned specifically about Stanly County or Albemarle: Not the purchase of the Yadkin Railroad, the traffic base in the county, or the effect of the NS east-west route from Charlotte to Raleigh.
Bibliography
Brown, Cecil K. A STATE MOVEMENT IN RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT. University of North Carolina Press. 1928.
Davis, Burke. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY: Road of the Innovators. University of North Carolina Press. 1985.
Gilbert, John. CROSSTIES THROUGH CAROLINA. Helios Press. 1969. (Nothing to do w/Stanly County, per se, but some great, very early photos and lithos of historic railroad construction and locomotives in North Carolina.)
Miller, Jeff and Vaughn, Jim. THE WINSTON-SALEM SOUTHBOUND RAILWAY. Published by the authors (?). 1996. (This is a major update of the earlier edition, with lots of new photos, including several color photos. If possible, both editions belong in your reference library, as they are truly excellent publications. This is the ultimate in how a book about a specific railroad, or part of a larger one, should be written.)
Sharpe, Ivey L. and Pepper, Edgar F. III. STANLY COUNTY U.S.A. Media Press, Inc. 1990.
Stanly County Public Library's "Heritage Room". The vertical file has many clippings relating to railroad-related topics, which include maps, photos, personal interest stories, and historical background. There are also several relatively obscure books dealing with railroad- related history in the county. The library is on Main Street in the center of Albemarle; its phone number is (704) 983-7343.
Xyz. This is the NS book, but I can't find it to credit it!