All aboard the Dummy Line

Dr. Jim TumblinFountain City

Perhaps the most eventful year in Fountain City’s history was the year 1890. That was the year that the U.S. Post Office decided Tennessee could not have two Fountain Heads, …

When the train stopped in Fountain City

Dr. Jim TumblinFountain City

The Fountain Head Railway locomotive made 20 stops along its 5.25-mile route. In service from 1890 to 1905, the railroad line originated at the Central Market Station (now called Emory …