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The Western Railroad Company was chartered in December 1852 to build a 43-mile line from Fayetteville to the coalfields of Egypt (in 1895, renamed Cumnock, NC). It took six years to raise capital and procure right-of-way lands. In 1858, construction began with operations commencing
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by 1861 to Evander McIver's plantation (McIver's Depot) on Big
Buffalo Creek. Construction continued to Egypt with the complete line
finished in Septemebr 1863.
Not be be confused with the separate Western
North Carolina Railroad Company, the Western
Railroad Company of North Carolina was critical to the
Confederacy during the Civil War. Coal
was shipped from Egypt to Fayetteville, then loaded on steamers or barges
and shipped to Wilmington for use and further distribution.
In April 1865, General Sherman's troops destroyed twelve miles of track, shops, depots, and railroad
buildings. Locomotives and rolling stock
were saved, having been moved Egypt.
The line was reestablished by 1868. By 1871, connections were being
made with other railroads, including an extension toward High Point. The
railroad continued operations until
1879, when it was merged into the new Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley Railroad.
Officers & Board
| Presidents | ||
| Charles Beatty Mallett | 1855
- 1865 1867 - 1868 |
|
| H. L. Mygrover | 1865 - 1866 | |
| Superintendent & Chief Engineer | W. A. Kuper | - 1859 - |
| Leonidas Campbell Jones | 1863 - 1867+ | |
| Treasurer | ||
| Secretary-Treasurer | John M. Rose | <1861 - 1866+ |
| Directors | |
| S. J. Hinsdale | 1861 - |
| W. T. Horne | 1861 - |
| James Kyle | 1861 - |
| E. J. Lilly | - 1866+ |
| Thomas. S. Lutterloh | 1861 - 1866+ |
| A. A. McKethan | 1861 - 1866+ |
| W. McLaurin | 1861 - |
| A. McLean | 1861 - 1866+ |
| David McNeill | - 1866+ |
| George McNeill | 1861 - |
| H. L. Mygrover | 1861 - |
| R. M. Orrell | - 1866+ |
| E. L. Pemberton | - 1866+ |
| J. C. Poe | - 1866+ |
| Jno D. Williams | - 1866+ |
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