The Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad was a short railroad running in north Florida

Florida

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 and southern Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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The Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad was incorporated on January 5, 1891. It was projected along a route extending from Carrabelle

Carrabelle, Florida

Carrabelle is a city in Franklin County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,303 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2009, the city had a population of 1,231.-Location:...

 through Tallahassee

Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...

 and northward to the Georgia-Florida line. The railroad was incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000.000 and a land grant of 206370.3 acres (835.2 km²). The company owned 3 locomotive

Locomotive

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s and 50 assorted railroad car

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As advertised, the C.T. & G. also stopped at Hilliardville

Hilliardville, Florida

Hilliardville, Florida is a small unincorporated community in northern Wakulla County, Florida-Location:Hilliardville is located at the junction of Bloxham Cutoff Road and Springhill Road at the northwest corner of Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park...

, Crawfordville

Crawfordville, Florida

Crawfordville is an unincorporated community and county seat of Wakulla County, Florida, United States of America.It was named after Dr. John L. Crawford who lived in the community and was the town's doctor....

, and MacIntyre before arriving at Lanark

Lanark Village, Florida

Lanark Village is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Florida, United States. It is located along US 98, on the Gulf of Mexico.-Geography:Lanark Village is located at ....

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While in Carrabelle, paddle steamer

Paddle steamer

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s such as the Crecent City would take on cargo and passengers for Apalachicola

Apalachicola, Florida

Apalachicola is a city in Franklin County, Florida, on US 98 about southwest of Tallahassee. The population was 2,334 at the 2000 census. The 2005 census estimated the city's population at 2,340...

 and other points.

Prior to the railroad being the Carrabelle, Tallahassee, and Georgia Railroad, it was the Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad

Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad

The Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida to build, maintain, and operate a railroad from a point on the line between the cities of Tallahassee, in the State of Florida, and Thomasville, in the State of Georgia, through the...

, and later the Augusta, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad Company.

In 1906, the C.T. & G. was sold to the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway.

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Florida

Florida

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 state law chapter 4264, approved May 22, 1893, granted land to the company that had formerly been granted to the Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad

Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad

The Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida to build, maintain, and operate a railroad from a point on the line between the cities of Tallahassee, in the State of Florida, and Thomasville, in the State of Georgia, through the...

 Company (on February 7, 1883). To obtain the land grants, the railroad would have to be finished between Tallahassee

Tallahassee, Florida

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 and Thomasville

Thomasville, Georgia

Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.The city deems itself the City of Roses and holds an annual Rose Festival. The town features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large...

by January 1, 1895.