William Riley Radford of Beaverdam, Cherokee CO, NC,
took his first train ride according to this article published in The Cherokee Scout May 21, 1915.

source: Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge's research in The Cherokee Scout and uploaded for this website only

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19

This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.