Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 350
Corporate Name: T. S. Garrison tram road
Folk Name: “The Calico Road”
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Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
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Locations Served: Shelby
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Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
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History: According to People, Places & Happenings, Thomas Smith Garrison had a sawmill outside of Timpson. Tradition reported that Garrison could get to his mill on his tram road, known as “the Calico Road,” by hand car.