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Home of Casey Jones

This is the house where John Luther Jones was living, at the time of his death at the throttle of hi engine, "Old 382," at Vaughn, Miss., April 30, 1900. A folk song has immortalized his name. ...

This is the house where John 
Luther Jones was living, at the 
time of his death at the throttle 
of hi engine, "Old 382," at Vaughn, 
Miss., April 30, 1900. A folk song 
has immortalized his name. 

"All the switchmen knew by the engine's moans, 
That the man at the throttle was Casey Jones."

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