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The Cherokee Railroad, organized in 1870 to take over operations from the failing Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad, initially operated from Cartersville, Georgia, to Taylorsville, Georgia. The new owners extended the railroad to Rockmart, Georgia. The new owners also converted the track from a five-foot gauge to a three-foot gauge. Despite the changes, the railroad's financial problems continued. In 1879, the owners sold the railroad to the Cherokee Iron Company, who leased the Cherokee Railroad's lines to the East & West Railroad of Alabama. In 1886, East & West Railroad purchased and merged the line into its operations.

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