Editing Tiptonville, Tennessee (section)

=== Early 1900's ===
On March 19, 1901, Tiptonville was destroyed by a fire three days after a mob of white townsmen had [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] Ike Fitzgerald, a black man accused of raping a white woman.  Whites speculated that the blaze, which burned 30 buildings and residences, including all of the stores on the main street, had been deliberately set by African Americans in reprisal for Fitzgerald's lynching.<ref>"Negro Hanged by a Mob", ''Courier-Journal'' (Louisville), March 18, 1901, p5</ref><ref>"Burned by Incendiaries— The Town of Tiptonville, Tenn. Wiped Out by Flames", ''Washington (DC) Times'', March 21, 1901, p1</ref><ref>"Burning of Town Follows the Lynching of a Negro", ''[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]'', March 21, 1901, p4</ref><ref>"Tiptonville Fire— Further Details of the Destruction Wrought", ''The Tennessean'' (Nashville), March 22, 1901, p3</ref>

In 1904, the Dyersburg Northern Railroad was chartered. This line connected Dyersburg to [[Hickman, Kentucky|Hickman, KY]], via Tiptonville, and began operating in 1910. The company changed their name to the [[Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad|Chicago, Memphis, & Gulf Railroad]] in 1909.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Poor |first=Henry V |title=Manual of the Railroads of the United States for 1910 |date=1910 |publisher=HV and HW Poor |volume=XXXXIII |pages=598}}</ref>