Sunday Lecture:  "Death on the Rails: Major Mishaps from the Civil War to the Early 20th Century"

Sunday, August 6
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Library Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

While rail travel improved mobility and opened new markets, it could be, at times, incredibly dangerous. Sadly, train wrecks and mishaps changed the lives of passengers, workers, and innocent bystanders.

Presenter:  Todd DeFeo has written extensively about railroads, authoring books about the Atlanta Northern Railway, the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, the Western & Atlantic Railroad and others. He will present anecdotes from those books and unveil new research to bring to life the stories of those affected by railroad mishaps.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.