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Cache Valley Railroad

Narrow gauge railroad in Arkansas, United States, founded in 18921

The Cache Valley Railroad is a defunct Arkansas narrow gauge railroad which was built in the late 19th century. There is some dispute as to whether the railroad was built in 1885 or 1892 but most historians believe that the line was constructed in 1892. The railroad was a spur line of fifteen miles from the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway in what is now Sedgwick, Arkansas.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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  • HeadquartersArkansas1

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The Cache Valley Railroad is a defunct Arkansas narrow gauge railroad which was built in the late 19th century. There is some dispute as to whether the railroad was built in 1885 or 1892 but most historians believe that the line was constructed in 1892. The railroad was a spur line of fifteen miles from the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway in what is now Sedgwick, Arkansas.2

The story

Richard Jackson and his older brother James Jackson moved to Gainesville which at the time was the county seat of Greene County, Arkansas. In 1867 the two brothers formed the Jackson & Company mercantile business.

In 1882, Jackson became a land agent for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. As his business prospered, Jackson was able to acquire large tracts of timber in the Cache River bottoms. Jackson's timing was fortunate as the timber industry was just beginning in Greene County in the early 1880s. Jackson formed the Jackson Tie and Timber Company and held a contract with the Iron Mountain Railroad to produce ties and heavy bridge timbers. The Cache Valley Railroad was built primarily to transport timber from the Cache River bottoms to a connection with the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway Jackson, with the assistance of a St. Louis businessman named C. F. Collins, had the 15-mile narrow-gauge Cache Valley Railroad built through southwestern Greene County.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cache Valley Railroad, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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