1898 Hopes for a Railroad Through Shiloh, western Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 12/2006



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1898 Hopes for a Railroad Through Shiloh, western Union Parish Louisiana

From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 30 March 1898, page 3
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  Mr. W. H. McLaurin, of Shiloh, was in town Friday. Regarding our sister city's 
railroad, he says the surveyors were in Shiloh last week and taht they find they 
can get a good entrance into the town near the Academy building, about a quarter 
of a mile from the business portion of the village. Mr. McLaurin says he is 
confident that the tax will be voted on the 5th prox., and Capt. Henderson promisies 
to begin work as soon as that is done.


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NOTE: Despite Mr. McLaurin's hopes for a railroad through Shiloh, the rail line 
was laid a few mile west of the village. In addition, Shiloh's business district 
burned to the ground on 22 March 1899. These two tragic events spelled doom for 
Shiloh, as business soon moved west to the railroad and the new Village of Bernice.



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