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Casey Jones
Caseyville Rd., Caseyville,
MS,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 40' 22.368",
-90° 39' 20.9772"
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Mississippi State
Historical Marker |
A famous ballad, the folklore of American railroading, and a postage stamp commemorate the colorful and courageous engineer who was killed in a wreck here April 30, 1900.
Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Casey Jones: | | John Luther Casey Jones (March 14, 1863 - April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). On April 30, 1900, he alone was killed when his passenger train collided with a stopped freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi on a foggy and rainy night. His dramatic death trying to stop his train and save lives made him a folk hero who became immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African American engine wiper for the IC. Due to the enduring popularity of this classic song, he has been the world's most famous railroad engineer for over a century. |
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Casey Jones Historical Marker Location Map, Caseyville, Mississippi
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