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    The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began...
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    Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the...
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    Hernando Money, a United States Senator from Mississippi. Money was a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. This rural area was developed for cotton...
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    Louisiana. It was built for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad which got absorbed by the Illinois Central Railroad. The station was a stop on the...
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    former railroad depot in 1999. The circa 1918 brick building served as the passenger rail depot of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and later...
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  • 1905 a line of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, affectionately called the "Yellow Dog," was laid from Silver City, Mississippi to Holly Bluff....
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    333, an 0-6-0 switcher, and several passenger cars are on display just outside the historic Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot in Baton...
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    New Orleans and Texas Railway and the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Most of the early residents were employed by the railroads or worked in...
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    Dockery Plantation (category Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad)
    but was opened up for development by a new branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, known as the Yellow Dog. Around 1900, Dockery had a rail...
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    4 km) north of Shelby. Hushpuckena is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. Hushpuckena was named after the Hushpuckena River. Hushpuckena...
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