While doing a bit of research on a ghost railroad from Rolla-Houston, MO. I stumbled across a website called Newspaper.com. It's kind of pricey, $75.00 for a 6-month subscription but it contains a wealth of information...Attached is a story about the Winona Branch in 1979...Roger
That’s a great article. Now I know the name of the lumber company that I remember when visiting my grandparents as a kid during the 70’s. Fond memories of Winona.
Are real nice areas and topics! Continuous computer topo maps anywhere: https://www.topozone.com/ https://www.topozone.com/missouri/ Frisco Winona row s still show on https://www.topozone.com/missouri/Winona - Eminence Even a few logging trams. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Historical Topo Maps: Eminence south to Winona; http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/missouri/pclmaps-topo-mo-eminence-1915.jpg Pat Moreland would love these old railways (similar to her memories of the Salem Branch thru Wesco) Willow Springs eastward towards Winona; http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/missouri/pclmaps-topo-mo-willow_springs-1943.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Salem, Winona and Southern Railroad 1908 1928 N/A southward from Rolla. http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/salem-winona-and-southern.6772/ Defunct 'ed row south from Rolla; The company was a short-lived organization formed to build an electric railway southward from Rolla, Missouri. [ State of MO Historical Society, Libraries ] Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company, These are route and profile maps for the Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company in Dent County, Missouri. https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/rolla/r0850.pdf https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-rail.html#R Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company, Maps, 1910, (R0850) State of MO Historical Society's Libraries are at Rolla, St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, Cape Girardeau, ----