A few weeks later Washington went on a previously planned speaking tour along the newly completed Virginian Railway, a $ 40-million enterprise which had been built almost entirely from Rogers ' personal fortune.

* Booker T. Washington's 1909 Tour of Virginia on the newly completed Virginian Railway

Transported by the N & W and neighboring Virginian Railway ( VGN ), local coal fueled half the world's navies.

The Virginian Railway is widely considered his final life's achievement.

He later developed the Virginian Railway.

* Mark Twain and Henry Huttleston Rogers in Virginia, excerpts from their trips together to the 1907 Jamestown Exposition and the 1909 Dedication of the Virginian Railway

The Virginian Railway is widely considered his final life's achievement.

Planned by Campbell County native William Nelson Page and financier and industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers, the Tidewater Railway was combined with the Deepwater Railway in West Virginia to form the new Virginian Railway in 1907.

Although it was a common carrier and offered limited passenger service until 1956, the main purpose of the Virginian Railway was to haul bituminous coal from the mountains to coal piers on the ice-free harbor of Hampton Roads.

The former Virginian Railway became part of the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1959, and it and the Southern Railway were combined in the early 1980s to form the current Norfolk Southern Railway.

In 1907, the Tidewater Railway was combined with the Deepwater Railway ( initially a West Virginia short line railroad ) to form the new Virginian Railway.

According to author H. Reid in his 1961 book The Virginian Railway, investors recalled the rapid growth of Roanoke between 1882 and 1884, which had been nicknamed the " Magic City " when the Norfolk and Western ( N & W ) had established major facilities at the former bucolic location which had been earlier known as Big Lick.

In 1907, as they began nearing completion, the Tidewater and Deepwater Railways were combined to form the Virginian Railway ( VGN ).

In March, the Tidewater Railway was formally rechartered by the Virginia State Corporation Commission as " The Virginian Railway Company " and William Nelson Page was elected president on April 15, 1907 at the first new board meeting in Norfolk.

Then, on December 1, 1959, the Virginian Railway merged with the larger Norfolk and Western Railway.

* Virginian Railway ( VGN ) Enthusiasts non-profit group of preservationists, authors, photographers, historians, modelers, and railfans

In 1907, The Deepwater and Tidewater were combined to become the Virginian Railway ( VGN ).

Completed in 1909, the Virginian Railway ( VGN ) established engine terminal and yard facilities near Mullens which employed hundreds of workers during the first half of the 20th century.

" Merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1959, a large portion of the former VGN remains in service in the 21st century for the Norfolk Southern Railway, a Class I railroad headquartered in Norfolk, a few blocks from the former Virginian Railway offices in Norfolk Terminal Station.

The Virginian Railway ( VGN ) was conceived early in the 20th century by two men.

Beginning in 1903 Page, West Virginia, named for Col. William Page, was the site of a switching yard, roundhouse, and station on the Deepwater Railway and later the Virginian Railway ( VGN ).

When the VGN lost its identity upon purchase by the Norfolk & Western in 1959, author and photographer H. Reid wrote the epic book " The Virginian Railway " and stated " There will always be a Virginian.

Transported by the N & W, and later the neighboring Virginian Railway ( VGN ), it fueled half the world's navies and today stokes steel mills and power plants all over the globe.

Early in 1907, the Deepwater and Tidewater Railways, still under construction, were combined to become the Virginian Railway ( VGN ).

* Virginian Railway ( VGN ) Enthusiasts.

However, of all of his many activities, William Nelson Page is probably best known for the founding and building of the Virginian Railway ( VGN ).

In addition to President Roosevelt, the newly renamed Virginian Railway ( VGN ) transported many of the 3 million persons who attended before the Exposition closed on December 1, 1907.

Transported by the N & W and neighboring Virginian Railway ( VGN ), Pocahontas coal fueled half the world's navies during the 20th century and today stokes steel mills and power plants all over the globe.

* Virginian Railway ( VGN ) Enthusiasts Group of preservationists, authors, photographers, historians, modelers, and rail fans

Page became the site of a switching yard, roundhouse, and station on the Virginian Railway ( VGN ).

* Virginian Railway ( VGN ) Enthusiasts non-profit group of preservationists, authors, photographers, historians, modelers, and railfans

* Virginian Railway ( VGN ) Enthusiasts non-profit group of preservationists, authors, photographers, historians, modelers, and railfans

As in much of the popular fiction that Heinlein would have been familiar with in his youth ( e. g., Tarzan and The Virginian ), the theme is that the wilderness acts as a magnifying glass to amplify the inherent differences between the best and the worst of the human race.

Crawford made three more TV appearances, as Stephanie White in an episode of The Virginian ( 1970 ), entitled " The Nightmare "; as a special guest who performed in multiple sketches on The Tim Conway Comedy Hour ( also in 1970 ) ; and as Joan Fairchild ( her final performance ) on an episode of the television series, The Sixth Sense, entitled, " Dear Joan: We're Going To Scare You To Death " ( 1972 ).

( 1963, 1965 ), Daniel Boone, The Outer Limits ( 1964 ), The Virginian ( 1965 ), Get Smart ( 1966 ), and Mission Impossible ( TV series ) ( 1969-1971 ).

Years later, author and photographer H. Reid, who wrote The Virginian Railway ( Kalmbach, 1961 ), labeled him the " Idea Man from Ansted.

Other work included on-camera guest appearances on such series as The Polly Bergen Show, as Homer Winch on The Beverly Hillbillies, The Virginian, The Lucy Show, Claude Wilbur on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Dan Raven, and The Brady Bunch, as well as a 1960 movie that included a compilation of Three Stooges shorts ( Stop !, Look and Laugh ), and a part in the Jerry Lewis movie Which Way to the Front ?.

During the next five years, Dern continued appearing in several popular TV war, crime and western shows, but with multiple episodes per show, as different characters, including: Wagon Train ( 3 ), The Virginian ( 3 ), Rawhide ( 1 ), 12 O ' Clock High ( 4 ), The Fugitive ( 5 ), The F. B. I.

* The Virginian ( novel ), a novel by American author Owen Wister

* The Virginian ( 1914 film ), a silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Dustin Farnum, based on the novel

* The Virginian ( 1923 film ), a silent film directed by Tom Forman and starring Kenneth Harlan, based on the novel

* The Virginian ( 1929 film ), directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper, based on the novel

* The Virginian ( 1946 film ), directed by Stuart Gilmore and starring Joel McCrea, based on the novel

* The Virginian ( TV series ), an American TV series, 1962 – 1971, loosely based on the novel

* The Virginian ( 2000 TV movie ), directed and starring Bill Pullman, based on the novel

* The Virginian ( album ), an album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends

She also had guest appearances in shows such as My Three Sons ( 1960 ), The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, and The Partridge Family.

Basil L. Plumley ( January 1, 1920 ) was born in Shady Spring, West Virginia, the second son and fifth child of coal miner Clay Plumley ( b. 1879 ) and his wife Georgia ( b. abt. 1895 ), both of West Virginian stock.