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1) Amory
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In November 1887, the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad (KCM&B)-later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railroad, or "Frisco"-established a new town as a halfway point on its route between Memphis and Birmingham. The town was named Amory in honor of Harcourt Amory, a prominent Bostonian and railroad executive. The 500 acres the railroad purchased from Amanda Owen were surveyed and drawn into plots parallel to the railroad tracks, creating Mississippi's...