(2 of 2) A new railroad station for the growing community of Scottsburg was deemed necessary. Railroad records indicate that the station was erected in 1872 at a cost of $1,492. This depot would become Scottsburg’s link to the railroad and to the outside world serving as a point of entry for newcomers to the…
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(1 of 2) The rail line intersects Scott County, running north and south, can trace its beginning to the Ohio & Indianapolis Railroad that was incorporated by an act of the Indiana Legislature on February 3, 1836. The company was empowered to construct a railroad from Jeffersonville to Indianapolis on a right of way sixty…