Freedom Train (1947–1949)

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

1947

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

May 1 – Duluth, Minnesota
May 2 – Superior, Wisconsin
May 3–May 4 – St. Paul, Minnesota
May 5–May 6 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 7 – Brainerd, Minnesota
May 8 – St. Cloud, Minnesota
May 10 – Willmar, Minnesota
May 11 – Watertown, South Dakota
May 12 – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
May 13 – Sioux City, Iowa
May 14–May 15 – Omaha, Nebraska
May 16 – Lincoln, Nebraska
May 17 – Grand Island, Nebraska
May 19 – Alliance, Nebraska
May 20 – Casper, Wyoming
May 21 – Cheyenne, Wyoming
May 22–May 23 – Denver, Colorado
May 24 – Colorado Springs, Colorado
May 25 – Pueblo, Colorado
May 26 – Trinidad, Colorado
May 27 – Amarillo, Texas
May 29 – Hutchinson, Kansas
May 30 – Wichita, Kansas
May 31 – Emporia, Kansas

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 – St. 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 – La Crosse, 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 (Chicago Railroad Fair)
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, D.C.

References

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

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