Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
efore 1852, what is now the heart of the City of Bristol Tennessee / Virginia was part of the vast plantation of Rev. James King. Rev. King had a son-in-law, Mr. Joseph R. Anderson, then a merchant of Blountville, Tennessee, who when learning that two railroads would meet upon the King land, foresaw that the site would be ideal for the founding of a city. On July 10, 1852, Anderson contracted for 100 acres of the King plantation: forty-eight acres in Tennessee and fifty-two acres in Virginia. On July 16, 1852, he chose the name "Bristol" for his planned city, narrowly edging out the name "Paradise" by only one point.
he Wes Davis Greenway is a short rails-to-trails project located in the railroad city of Bristol, Tennessee. The recreation trail was developed in 1996 along a 2800-foot stretch of former Southern Railway secondary trackage, from Anderson Street to Melrose Street. The line was originally the Virginia & Southwestern Railway's Tennessee Division: trackage from Bristol through Elizabethton to Mountain City. The VSW was absorbed into the Southern Railway system. The Greenpark includes the former Southern Railway coach "Bristol" and a retired bay window caboose, situated near Anderson Street along Volunteer Parkway.
Click to see the Wes Davis Greenway plotted on a Google Maps page
1910 Official Guide ad / collection
1910 Official Guide ad / collection
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Click to see the Wes Davis Greenway railroad cars plotted on a Google Maps page
Pullman Standard coach / Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Jun 1995 / JCH
Bristol, Tn / Jun 1995 / JCH
Jun 1995 / JCH
Bristol, Tn / Jun 1995 / JCH
See also our complete Southern Railway Passenger Equipment scrapbook in Mainlines
bay window caboose / Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Jun 1995 / JCH
See also our complete Southern Bay Window Survivors scrapbook in Mainlines
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH
Bristol, Tn / Aug 2021 / RWH