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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;techwriter, post: 3011408, member: 75477&quot;]Actually it&#039;s a note of the Mississippi Central Railroad. In 1852, the Mississippi Central Railroad was chartered by the Mississippi Legislature to build a railroad from Canton, MS to Grand Junction, TN.&nbsp; It was financed by wealthy cotton planters in LaGrange, TN&nbsp; and Oxford, MS; and was completed with the financial help of George Peabody of London. (The Peabody Hotel in Memphis was named in his honor). It ran through the towns of Grenada, Water Valley, Oxford and Holly Springs. The first passenger trains from Holly Springs to Oxford ran in 1857. Passenger service further south to Water Valley started in 1858. On January 31, 1860, the final spike was driven in Winona, MS&nbsp; establishing the first ever rail link between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. The 26 miles (42 km) line was constructed with 5 foot (1,524 mm) track gauge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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