This frame building was located on the East side of the main line of the Cairo and Fulton Railway in the center of Main Street when the town was laid out. The town was still known as Hecht City and the depot was Carpenter’s Station, honoring the first ticket agent. The depot was typical in pattern and paint, yellow and brown, of all the depots on the Iron Mountain Line. The old building served out half a century before Mo-Pac got around to the brick depot that used to be located at the foot of West Vine and First. The Iron Mountain . . .
By PAM LOWE The year 2023 is a special one not only for the city of Corning, but also Clay County and the Clay County…
