One of the first trunk lines built in West Virginia after the Civil War, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was begun in 1868 and the rails were connected to Hawks Nest on January 29th, 1873. Following the pathways of Native Americans and stagecoach routes, the C & O line entered the state east of White Sulpher Springs in Greenbrier County and traveled through the canton of the New River, followed the Kanawha River for several miles and cut across the Ohio River.
Collis P. Huntington was responsible for extending the line on to Louisville, New Orleans, and points west, thus further opening the trade to the South, the West, and broadening the city of Huntington's prominence.
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