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Weekly 150: The Carroll County Neighbors, Part VI

By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com
Posted 2/15/22

WESTPORT

After the American Civil War, in the late 1860s, the first railroad was laid through western Tennessee. This venture was done by the Northwestern Railroad with the help of the Chattanooga Tennessee Railroad. In 1872, the Chattanooga line bought out the Northwestern then changed its name to the Nashville-Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&ST.L).

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