Then and now: Coast nicknames are telling

The Mississippi Coast has had many nicknames throughout the years. Do you remember them all?
The New York Times

RAILROAD PURCHASE RATIFIED.; Atlantic Coast Line Stockholders Approve Securing of the Louisville and Nashville.

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The beginning of the L & N; the development of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and its Memphis branches from 1836 to 1860, by Thomas D. Clark

"Read before the Filson club, Louisville, May 1, 1933."--p. 15. siris_sil_357130 ...
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The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963 by Kincaid Herr

An acorn is planted -- Behind the blueprints -- Wresting a passageway -- The course is shaped -- First through train -- Mars in the ascendant -- Recovery from war -- Southward to coal and iron -- ...