(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…

(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…