The Hocking Valley Railway Women's History His Promised Land is the

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The Hocking Valley Railway Women's History His Promised Land is theThe Hocking Valley Railway was once Ohios longest intrastate rail line, filled with a seemingly endless string of coal trains. Although coal was the main business, the railroad also carried iron and salt. Despite the fact that the Hocking Valley was such a large railroad, with a huge economic and social impact, very little is known about it. The Hocking Valley Railway traces the journey of a company that began in 1867 as the Columbus & Hocking Valley,