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=== Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum === In 1956, the city of Jackson purchased the Chester Street home of famed locomotive engineer, Casey Jones, to turn into a museum and tourist attraction. The museum opened to the public on April 30, and Governor Frank Clement was the main speaker for the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 30, 1956 |title=Casey Jones Home and Museum Open |pages=1 |work=The Jackson Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-casey-jones-home-and-mus/137084186/ |access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> In 1978, a proposal to move the home and museum north to a plot of land next to Interstate 40 was approved, though not without much debate. The building was moved that winter.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 6, 1978 |title=Casey Jones Home Debate |pages=1 |work=The Jackson Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-casey-jones-home-debate/137084947/ |access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 28, 1978 |title=Casey Jones Home to Be Moved this Winter |pages=1 |work=The Jackson Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-casey-jones-home-to-be-m/137085164/ |access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref>
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