A Frontier Link with the World is the history of one small company
which operated a track sixteen miles long and served essentially
one community. This company shared significant characteristics with
its much larger neighbors, and therefore serves as a microcosm
depicting the interrelationships between the corporate activities
of a Georgia railroad and the economic and social history of the
community it served.
A Frontier Link with the World balances discussions of
government and corporate influences on railroad development with
the activity and interest, collective and individual, of investors
and customers in the local community. Paterson describes
misconceptions about the railroad's purpose and potential which
fostered a love-hate relationship between local people and the
railroad. From an analysis of the local economy, David Paterson
explores how much the railroad benefited the community, and who
benefited most. Beyond scheduled freight and passenger services,
the author details other railroad services which broadened the
social and cultural horizons of the community.
The book makes extensive use of manuscript sources, including
the recently - available "Central of Georgia Railway Collection" at
the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah. Significant depth is
added by: (1) data on population and wealth for the local community
compiled from local tax records for the period of the company's
existence, illustrating how the railroad was funded, its
profitability, and its effect on the growth of the community, and
(2) sufficient biographical data on most of the railroad's
employees showing who they were, where they were recruited, and how
local amateur operators evolved into a careerrailroad
workforce.
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