Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Ed Askew [electronic resource], 1975Biographical NoteRailroad and traffic manager.
Scope and ContentsFamily life; race relations in Hodge, Louisiana; telegraph operator for the railroad; government suit against Southern Advance; railway company routes and lines; Hodge as a company town; station agent; locomotive accident; Southern Advance merger with Gair and subsequent acquisition by Continental Can in 1956; impressions of Continental Can Company and personnel.
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