Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds
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Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds was a successful steamboat operator from Chicago, Illinois. He gained the name "Diamond Jo" by marking his steamboats with a the name "Jo" surrounded by a diamond. Reynolds was also known as the "Steamboat King."[1]
In April 1875, he began building the Hot Springs Railroad between Malvern, Arkansas and Hot Springs. The railroad was sometimes called the "Diamond Jo Line" for its developer.[2][3]
References
- ↑ New York Times article, August 26, 1888, http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10C15F9395413738DDDAF0A94D0405B8884F0D3
- ↑ "Shortline Railroads of Arkansas" by Clifton E. Hull, University of Oklahoma Press, 1969 http://www.oupress.com
- ↑ Encyclopedia Dubuque, http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DIAMOND_JO_LINE