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Alapaha River (river)

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: ID: 2127879 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2127879 Record Type: physical Hierarchy of Alapaha River (river) Alapaha River (river)

Coordinates: Lat: 32 01 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 32.0167 decimal degrees Long: 083 37 00 W degrees minutes Long: -83.6167 decimal degrees

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Old Berrien Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2 (Winter 2007): “The Great Alapaha Train Wreck—March 25, 1911”, Winter 2007

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Collection number: ca-012-002-002
Scope and Contents This issue describes one of the most tragic losses of life in Berrien County history: a train wreck in which the southbound Dixie Flyer passenger train left the tracks and plunged into the Alapaha River just east of Alapaha.Subjects (Names): Baumwart, A. F.; Culpepper, Warner; Fletcher, W. D.; Gaskins, Gladys; Griffin, Jimmy; Knight, Jack; Knight, Jane; Lee, Kenneth “Slim”; Longshore, H. J.; Parnell, Charlie J.; Patten, Maxie; Peters, Bernys W.; Powell, J. E.; Seymore, Mary Jane;...
Dates: Winter 2007