Category: Transportation
Robeson County Railroads – pt 2
Maxton, Alma & Southbound Railroad The Maxton, Alma & Southbound Railroad Company history extends back to March 1881 when the North Carolina legislature incorporated the Alma and Little Rock Railroad Company. The charter issued to Messrs. J.B. Wilkinson and P.A. Fore of Alma who proposed to build a railroad from Alma to Little Rock, S.C.,…
1930s Road Construction
I am constantly searching for new bits of information and not seen before photographs to document Robeson County’s rich history. I found these great photographs while sitting in a traffic jam this morning. Robeson County road construction work on US 74 and the Lumberton-Fairmont toad in the 1930s. Courtesy of the Luther J. Jordan Photograph…
Robeson County Railroads
The Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherfordton Railroad was the first to cross Robeson County. It had stops in communities that no longer exist, such as Bellamy and Alma. The Maxton station, shown here, was the last stop in Robeson County. This photograph is courtesy of the Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill and is featured in…