Roberson, Jere W. | Tennessee Encyclopedia

Roberson, Jere W.Randal Rust2017-11-11T14:35:54+00:00

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As soon as the first proposal to build a transcontinental railroad reached Congress in 1845, Memphis area leaders launched a campaign to become the Mississippi terminus. Their city was neither as old nor as powerful as New Orleans or St.…