LOUIS HOUCK'S TRAIN PULLS INTO OAK RIDGE

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Sunday, March 18, 2001

It was Dec. 15, 1905, when the first train arrived in Oak Ridge. People stood along the tracks to see the two coaches that had left Cape Girardeau early that morning. At the Jackson depot another group was added, along with some from the Fruitland and Pocahontas depots.

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