/tags/western-north-carolina-railroad-company Western North Carolina Railroad Company en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:01:10 GMT /business-economy/2015-07-21/how-the-west-was-won-the-transformation-of-western-north-carolina Railroads have always been important to the economic development of North Carolina, but for many years the western part of the state was left out of the… Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:01:10 GMT /business-economy/2015-07-21/how-the-west-was-won-the-transformation-of-western-north-carolina Frank Stasio, Hady Mawajdeh /show/the-state-of-things/2015-07-21/how-the-west-was-won-the-transformation-of-western-north-carolina Railroads have always been important to the economic development of North Carolina, but for many years the western part of the state was left out of the… Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:01:10 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-07-21/how-the-west-was-won-the-transformation-of-western-north-carolina Frank Stasio, Hady Mawajdeh