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In November 1887, the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad (KCM&B)—later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railroad, or Frisco—established a new town as a halfway point on its route between Memphis and Birmingham. The town was named Amory in honor of Harcourt Amory, a prominent Bostonian and railroad executive. The 500 acres the railroad purchased from Amanda Owen were surveyed and drawn into plots parallel to the railroad tracks, creating Mississippi's first planned community. Amory prospe...






















