Mississippi Valley Railroad

Famous quotes containing the words mississippi, valley and/or railroad:

    “Mississippi: I told you I was no good with a gun.
    Bull: The trouble is Doc, Cole was in front of the gun. The safe place is behind Mississippi when he shoots that thing.”
    —Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    “Down in the valley,
    Valley so low,
    Hang your head over,
    Hear the train blow.”
    —Unknown. Down in the Valley (l. 1–4)

    “Though the railroad and the telegraph have been established on the shores of Maine, the Indian still looks out from her interior mountains over all these to the sea.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)