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Folk legend Casey Jones' story still thrives today
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PRIDE IN CASEY'S MANNER -- Casey Jones mounted to his cabin. Casey
Jones with his orders in his hand. Casey Jones mounted to his cabin
And he took his farewell trip to the promised land. Those lines are
from "The Ballad of Casey Jones," and today is the anniversary of the
death of the railroad engineer and folk legend celebrated in song by
a wide range of entertainers. On the morning of April 30, 1900, John
Luther Jones -- who got his nickname "Casey" from Cayce, Ky., the
town where he grew up -- volunteered to replace a sick engineer on
the run of the Cannonball Express from Memphis, Tenn., ...
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Civil War Battlefield Is Brought Up to Date; Reenactment Marks Advances at Balls Bluff
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...battle dress, Civil War reenactors at Balls Bluff Battlefield near Leesburg fought...sweltering was all about. The battle at Balls Bluff is known to historians as the...for the national preservation of Balls Bluff. What's important to remember...
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New Battles Fought Over Civil War Site; Leesburg Seeks to Buy 50 Acres to Finish Balls Bluff Tract
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...officials have turned their attention to expanding the Balls Bluff National Battlefield Park. The 173-acre regional...encompasses most of the site of the 1861 Battle of Balls Bluff and the Balls Bluff National Cemetery. Leesburg officials want...
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Leesburg Backs Bond to Buy Land Near Battlefield; Officials Say Housing Proposal Threatens Historic Balls Bluff
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...that it hopes to use to add 50 acres to Balls Bluff Regional Park, where much of the famous 1861 Battle of Balls Bluff occurred. The property's owner...Regional Park Authority, which manages the Balls Bluff park. "It's not desirable to...
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Stone becomes fall guy after Ball's Bluff fiasco.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...From First Manassas on July 21 to Ball's Bluff three months to the day later, little...set in motion events that led to Ball's Bluff. On Oct. 19, he had...80-foot high precipice known as Ball's Bluff. On Oct. 20, Stone conducted...
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Fall foliage, history lesson highlight Ball's Bluff.(Family Times)(Events)(Field Trips)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Parkway, past the raw houses on Ball's Bluff Road, brings visitors to Ball's Bluff Regional Park - site...enactments of the battle along the bluffs and trails. We plan to expand...BOX WHEN YOU GO: LOCATION: Ball's Bluff Regional Park is located...
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From the battle of Ball's Bluff.(What We Learned ...)(Event overview)
Magazine article from: Military History
; ...the Potomac at Edward's Ferry and Ball's Bluff. The ferry recon turned up nothing...Though a relative hiccup of a battle, Ball's Bluff prompted establishment...referred to the skirmish as "another Ball's Bluff." * Heads will roll...
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Echoes of Wars Past; In Nearby Leesburg, Ball's Bluff Brings Cost of Battle Close to Home
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...daylight to spare, we drove to Ball's Bluff Regional Park, a 218- acre...Civil War. The Battle of Ball's Bluff was fought on Oct...steep and mean-looking; Ball's Bluff, it was called...soggy rim and looked over the bluffs to the muddy river and the fields...
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Scientists See Threat To Ball's Bluff Stream; Findings Part of Development Impact Study
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Hiking along a wooded nature trail in Ball's Bluff Regional Park near Leesburg this...scientists presented their findings about Ball's Bluff--and several other environmentally...and it's eroding the soil in Ball's Bluff park, and that's a problem...
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Subdivision Grading Threatens Trench Near Ball's Bluff; Developer, Officials Working to Preserve Historic Earthworks
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...an even older roadbed southeast of Ball's Bluff Regional Park have prompted an eleventh...for Confederate troops defending Ball's Bluff from Union troops coming...safely in Leesburg Park, adjacent to Ball's Bluff. "That's when we went...
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Subdivision Grading Threatens Trench Near Ball's Bluff
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...an even older roadbed southeast of Ball's Bluff Regional Park in Loudoun County have...for Confederate troops defending Ball's Bluff from Union troops coming...safely in Leesburg Park, adjacent to Ball's Bluff. "That's when we went...
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