Freedom Train – 1947–1949 station stops

This article contains a list of station stops made by the first Freedom Train on its 48-state tour.

Contents

1 1947
2 1948
3 1949
- 3.1 January 1949
4 References

1947

September 1947

September 17–September 19 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 20 - Atlantic City, New Jersey
September 21 - Trenton, New Jersey
September 22 - Elizabeth, New Jersey
September 23 - Paterson, New Jersey
September 24–September 26 - New York, New York
September 27 - Brooklyn, New York
September 28 - Jamaica, New York (Long Island)
September 30 - Van Nest, New York (Bronx)

October 1947

October 1 - Stamford, Connecticut
October 2 - Bridgeport, Connecticut
October 3 - Waterbury, Connecticut
October 4 - Hartford, Connecticut
October 5 - New Haven, Connecticut
October 7 - New London, Connecticut
October 8 - Providence, Rhode Island
October 9 - Worcester, Massachusetts
October 10 - Lynn, Massachusetts
October 11 - Boston, Massachusetts (North Station)
October 12 - Boston, Massachusetts (South Station)
October 13 - Rutland, Vermont
October 15 - Burlington, Vermont
October 16 - Montpelier, Vermont
October 18 - Nashua, New Hampshire
October 19 - Lowell, Massachusetts
October 20 - Lawrence, Massachusetts
October 22 - Haverhill, Massachusetts
October 23 - Dover, New Hampshire
October 24 - Augusta, Maine
October 25 - Bangor, Maine
October 26 - Lewiston, Maine
October 27 - Manchester, New Hampshire
October 28 - Fitchburg, Massachusetts
October 30 - Springfield, Massachusetts
October 31 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts

November 1947

November 1 - Schenectady, New York
November 2 - Utica, New York
November 4 - Rome, New York
November 5 - Syracuse, New York
November 6 - Rochester, New York
November 7 - Buffalo, New York
November 8 - Elmira, New York
November 9 - Binghamton, New York
November 11 - Albany, New York
November 12 - Scranton, Pennsylvania
November 13 - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
November 14 - Williamsport, Pennsylvania
November 15 - Altoona, Pennsylvania
November 16 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
November 18 - Reading, Pennsylvania
November 19 - Allentown, Pennsylvania
November 20 - Chester, Pennsylvania
November 21 - Wilmington, Delaware
November 22 - Salisbury, Maryland
November 23 - Dover, Delaware
November 25–November 26 - Baltimore, Maryland
November 27–November 28 - Washington, DC
November 29 - Charlottesville, Virginia
November 30 - Lynchburg, Virginia

December 1947

December 2 - Roanoke, Virginia
December 3 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
December 4 - Charlotte, North Carolina
December 5 - Greensboro, North Carolina
December 6 - Raleigh, North Carolina
December 7 - Norfolk, Virginia
December 9 - Richmond, Virginia
December 10 - Wilmington, North Carolina
December 11 - Columbia, South Carolina
December 12 - Spartanburg, South Carolina
December 13 - Greenville, South Carolina
December 14 - Augusta, Georgia
December 16 - Charleston, South Carolina
December 17 - Savannah, Georgia
December 18 - Brunswick, Georgia
December 19 - Jacksonville, Florida
December 20 - Miami, Florida
December 21 - Tampa, Florida
December 22 - Tallahassee, Florida
December 23 - Pensacola, Florida
December 26 - Mobile, Alabama
December 27 - Montgomery, Alabama
December 28 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 29 - Columbus, Georgia
December 31 - Macon, Georgia

1948

January 1948

January 1–January 2 - Atlanta, Georgia
January 3 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 4 - Nashville, Tennessee
January 6 - Jackson, Tennessee
January 7–January 8 - New Orleans, Louisiana
January 9 - Hattiesburg, Mississippi
January 10 - Meridian, Mississippi
January 11 - Jackson, Mississippi
January 13 - Vicksburg, Mississippi
January 14 - Monroe, Louisiana
January 15 - Alexandria, Louisiana
January 16 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 17 - Shreveport, Louisiana
January 18 - Texarkana, Arkansas/Texarkana, Texas
January 19 - Little Rock, Arkansas
January 21 - Pine Bluff, Arkansas
January 22 - Fort Smith, Arkansas
January 23 - Muskogee, Oklahoma
January 24 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
January 25 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
January 27 - Enid, Oklahoma
January 28 - Ada, Oklahoma
January 29 - Denison, Texas
January 30–January 31 - Dallas, Texas

February 1948

February 1 - Fort Worth, Texas
February 2 - Waco, Texas
February 3 - Tyler, Texas
February 4 - Beaumont, Texas
February 5–February 6 - Houston, Texas
February 7 - Galveston, Texas
February 8 - Harlingen, Texas
February 10 - Corpus Christi, Texas
February 11 - Austin, Texas
February 12 - San Antonio, Texas
February 13 - Del Rio, Texas
February 14 - El Paso, Texas
February 15 - Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 16 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 18 - Douglas, Arizona
February 19 - Tucson, Arizona
February 20 - Phoenix, Arizona
February 21 - Yuma, Arizona
February 22 - San Diego, California
February 23–February 26 - Los Angeles, California
February 27 - Pasadena, California
February 28 - Long Beach, California
February 29 - San Bernardino, California

March 1948

March 1–March 8 - the train receives a complete overhaul, including a new coat of paint, at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway shops in San Bernardino.
March 9 - Riverside, California
March 10 - Bakersfield, California
March 11 - Fresno, California
March 12 - Modesto, California
March 13 - Stockton, California
March 14–March 16 - San Francisco, California
March 17 - Palo Alto, California
March 18 - San Jose, California
March 19 - Oakland, California
March 20 - Sacramento, California
March 21 - Reno, Nevada
March 23 - Elko, Nevada
March 24 - Salt Lake City, Utah
March 25 - Provo, Utah
March 26 - Ogden, Utah
March 27 - Pocatello, Idaho
March 29 - Boise, Idaho
March 30 - Walla Walla, Washington
March 31 - Yakima, Washington

April 1948

April 1–April 2 - Portland, Oregon
April 3 - Eugene, Oregon
April 4 - Corvallis, Oregon
April 6 - Salem, Oregon
April 7 - Olympia, Washington
April 8 - Tacoma, Washington
April 9–April 10 - Seattle, Washington
April 12 - Wenatchee, Washington
April 13 - Spokane, Washington
April 14 - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
April 15 - Missoula, Montana
April 16 - Butte, Montana
April 17 - Helena, Montana
April 18 - Great Falls, Montana
April 20 - Billings, Montana
April 21 - Sheridan, Wyoming
April 22 - Rapid City, South Dakota
April 23 - Pierre, South Dakota
April 24 - Aberdeen, South Dakota
April 26 - Bismarck, North Dakota
April 27 - Minot, North Dakota
April 28 - Jamestown, North Dakota
April 29 - Fargo, North Dakota
April 30 - Grand Forks, North Dakota

May 1948

June 1948

June 1 - Topeka, Kansas
June 2 - Lawrence, Kansas
June 3 - Parsons, Kansas
June 4 - Joplin, Missouri
June 5 - Springfield, Missouri
June 6–June 7 - Kansas City, Missouri
June 9 - Saint Joseph, Missouri
June 10 - Sedalia, Missouri
June 11 - Jefferson City, Missouri
June 12–June 14 - St. Louis, Missouri
June 15 - Hannibal, Missouri
June 16 - Quincy, Illinois
June 17 - Burlington, Iowa
June 18 - Iowa City, Iowa
June 19 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 20 - Des Moines, Iowa
June 21 - Davenport, Iowa
June 23 - Rockford, Illinois
June 24 - Madison, Wisconsin
June 25 - LaCrosse, Wisconsin
June 26 - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
June 27 - Wausau, Wisconsin
June 29 - Green Bay, Wisconsin
June 30 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin

July 1948

July 1–July 2 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 3 - Racine, Wisconsin
July 4 - Kenosha, Wisconsin
July 5–July 9 - Chicago, Illinois
July 10 - Gary, Indiana
July 11 - Joliet, Illinois
July 13 - Peoria, Illinois
July 14 - Bloomington, Illinois
July 15 - Kankakee, Illinois
July 16 - Champaign, Illinois
July 17 - Decatur, Illinois
July 18 - Springfield, Illinois
July 20 - Belleville, Illinois
July 21 - Cairo, Illinois
July 22 - Paducah, Kentucky
July 23 - Evansville, Indiana
July 24 - Vincennes, Indiana
July 25 - Terre Haute, Indiana
July 27 - Danville, Illinois
July 28 - Logansport, Indiana
July 29–July 30 - Indianapolis, Indiana
July 31–August 1 - Louisville, Kentucky

August 1948

August 2 - Bowling Green, Kentucky
August 3 - Frankfort, Kentucky
August 4 - Lexington, Kentucky
August 5 - Ashland, Kentucky
August 6 - Portsmouth, Ohio
August 7–August 8 - Cincinnati, Ohio
August 10 - Muncie, Indiana
August 11 - Fort Wayne, Indiana
August 12 - South Bend, Indiana
August 13 - Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 14 - Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 15 - Muskegon, Michigan
August 17 - Lansing, Michigan
August 18 - Battle Creek, Michigan
August 19 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 20–August 22 - Detroit, Michigan
August 24 - Jackson, Michigan
August 25 - Flint, Michigan
August 26 - Saginaw, Michigan
August 27 - Port Huron, Michigan
August 28 - Pontiac, Michigan
August 29 - Dearborn, Michigan
August 30 - Monroe, Michigan
August 31 - Toledo, Ohio

September 1948

September 1 - Sandusky, Ohio
September 2–September 3 - Cleveland, Ohio
September 4 - Akron, Ohio
September 5–September 6 - Columbus, Ohio
September 7 - Dayton, Ohio
September 8 - Springfield, Ohio
September 9 - Lima, Ohio
September 10 - Canton, Ohio
September 11 - Youngstown, Ohio
September 12 - Steubenville, Ohio
September 14 - Wheeling, West Virginia
September 15–September 17 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 18 - Erie, Pennsylvania
September 19 - Oil City, Pennsylvania
September 21 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania
September 22 - Cumberland, Maryland
September 23 - Parkersburg, West Virginia
September 24 - Clarksburg, West Virginia
September 25 - Charleston, West Virginia
September 26 - Huntington, West Virginia
September 28 - Bluefield, West Virginia
September 29 - Bristol, Tennessee
September 30 - Johnson City, Tennessee

October 1948

October 1 - Kingsport, Tennessee
October 2 - Knoxville, Tennessee
October 3 - Oak Ridge, Tennessee
October 5 - Asheville, North Carolina
October 6 - Danville, Virginia
October 7 - Winchester, Virginia
October 8 - Hagerstown, Maryland
October 9 - York, Pennsylvania
October 10 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
October 11 - Easton, Pennsylvania
October 12 - Morristown, New Jersey
October 13–October 14 - Jersey City, New Jersey
October 15 - Princeton, New Jersey
October 16–October 17 - Camden, New Jersey
October 19 - Red Bank, New Jersey
October 20 - Orange, New Jersey
October 21 - Montclair, New Jersey
October 22 - Passaic, New Jersey
October 23 - Ridgewood, New Jersey
October 24 - Hackensack, New Jersey
October 25 - New Brunswick, New Jersey
October 26 - Havre De Grace, Maryland

1949

January 1949

January 22 - Washington, DC

References

Timeline for the 1947-1949 Freedom Train, retrieved December 23, 2004.