I came across this old train station in downtown Jackson on a hike I went on yesterday. It had started as the Old Illinois Central rail station in the 1920s. It closed down in the 1950s and was abandoned by the rail company in the 1970s, as train travel was no longer the norm. It is now an office for the Mississippi dept of History and Archives. The train car on display is from the country of France, given to each state in the United States in gratitude for our help during WWII. What a wonderful glimpse into history.
