Transportation
Two major railroads, C&O from the north and Clinchfield from the south, connected at Elkhorn City on Feb. 8, 1915, opening trade from the Ohio Valley to the South Atlantic Region. Elkhorn City became an important railroad town. Trains passed through several times a day, transporting goods from the north and south and coal and timber from the surrounding area.
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Elkhorn City, Kentucky · United States
