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- 1 2 Caldwell 2001, p. 124.
- ↑ Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed in Milledgeville, at an Annual Session, in November and December 1866. Macon, GA: J.W. Burke & Co. 1867. pp. 121–123 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "State Items". Daily Constitutionalist. Vol. 26, no. 178. Augusta, GA. July 29, 1869. p. 1.
On the line ... are found white marble, black marble, variegated marble, grindstones, slate, ... fancy building rocks, iron, copper, gold, oil stone, ...
- ↑ "(untitled)". The Methodist Advocate. Atlanta, GA. February 16, 1870. p. 3.
When [the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad is] completed it will open up perhaps the largest slate mines in the world, (Wales not excepted.)
- ↑ "Railroad Meeting at Cartersville". The Constitution. Atlanta, GA. April 10, 1869. p. 1.
... in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, he was willing to extend to it every aid in his power.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Daily Constitutionalist. Vol. 26, no. 172. Augusta, GA. July 22, 1869. p. 1.
... owing to differences about the right of way, have been unable to get out of the town of Cartersville with their road, and the entire project is lying still.
- ↑ "The Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad". Daily Constitutionalist. Vol. 26, no. 162. Augusta, GA. July 10, 1869. p. 4.
Some anxiety, colored somewhat with curiosity, is being manifested by the people along the projected line ... to know why this enterprise is not pushed forward with more vigor.
- 1 2 Jones 2017, p. 69.
- ↑ Boifeuillet, John T. (February 10, 1923). "Henry Clews' and Georgia Bonds". Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal. Vol. 25, no. 58. Atlanta, GA. p. 5.
- ↑ "Rufus B. Bullock". Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, GA. January 3, 1872. p. 4.
... bonds of the company were endorsed by Bullock and delivered to Kimball, and by Kimball were illegally and fraudulently disposed of ...
- ↑ "Who Owns the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad". Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, GA. March 6, 1872. p. 2.
- ↑ "Kimball's Innocence". Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, GA. July 10, 1874. p. 1.
- ↑ "The Fraudulent Bonds". Augusta Chronicle. Augusta, GA. March 27, 1877. p. 2.
... Governor Colquitt has ordered an election for the purpose of submitting to a vote of the people an amendment to the Constitution of the State prohibiting the recognition or payment of what are known as the "bogus bonds" — bonds issued or endorsed by Bullock when Governor ...
- Caldwell, Wilber W. (2001). The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. ISBN 0-86554-748-3 – via Google Books.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
- Jones, Robert C. (2017). A History of Georgia Railroads. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 9781467137775 – via Google Books.
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