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Casey Jones Day being celebrated Saturday at the home and museum named in his honour in Jackson
JACKSON, Tenn. - Saturday is Casey Jones Day at the home and railroad museum named in his memory in Jackson, Tenn.
Historians and descendants of Jones will be present to discuss the legendary railroad engineer. There will be free guided tours of the museum, and a former railroad telegrapher will discuss telegraphy.
Children dressed as Jones will be eligible for prizes.
In 1900, Jones became a folk hero when he tried to stop his Illinois Central passenger train before it hit a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Miss. He died but all the others survived.
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