Timeline

=18th century=

1753

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Emilia Forbes.

Early 1770s

 * Emilia Forbes married her unnamed husband.

1779

 * Emilia Forbes gives birth to Fergus Hartford.

1781

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Marideth McFougal

=19th century=

1810

 * Fergus Hartford married Marideth McFougal.

1816

 * Marideth McFougal gives birth to Andrew Hartford.

1820

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Sarah O' Cooper.

1823

 * Sadly, Emilia Forbes passed away at the age of 70.

1829

 * Andrew Hartford and his parents were moved to Manchester and watched the Rainhill trials of 1829.

1831

 * Andrew Hartford left home and his parents retired.

1841

 * Sadly, Fergus Hartford passed away at the age of 62.

1845

 * Andrew Hartford married Sarah O' Cooper.

1846

 * Sarah O' Cooper gives birth to Jackson Hartford.
 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Jenifer Winifred.

1848

 * Sarah O' Cooper gives birth to Mabel Hartford.

1850

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Markus Van Der Maude.

1852

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Haven Smit.

1853

 * The Hartford family celebrates Emilia Forbes' 100th birthday.
 * Sadly, Marideth McFougal passed away at the age of 72.

1855

 * The first train rolls into Knoxville, Tennessee, thanks to the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad Company.

1857

 * The Knoxville & Eastern Railroad Company is chartered and begins construction.

1858

 * The K&E is completed, running from Knoxville to Pigeon Forge.

1860

 * Jackson Hartford married Jenifer Winifred.
 * The American Civil War begins on 12th of April.

1862

 * Jenifer Winifred gives birth to Sheldon T.C. Hartford.

1863

 * The Battle of Fort Sanders happens, with the Union winning, the K&E goes under the control of the United States Military Railroad.

1865

 * The American Civil War ends on 9th of May.

1867

 * The Del Rio extension is completed.

1875

 * Jeremiah is built by the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works.

1876

 * Markus Van Der Maude married Haven Smit.

1877

 * Haven Smit gives birth to Lily Van Der Maude.

1898

 * Sheldon T.C. Hartford married Lily Van Der Maude.
 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Dimitri Winski.

1899

 * Lily Van Der Maude gives birth to Cornelius Hartford and Wendy Hartford.

1900

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Sophia Beamount.
 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Josef Ivanov.

=20th century=

1901

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Tanya Winski.
 * The Little River Railroad & Lumber Company opens for business.

1905

 * Sheldon T.C. Hartford buys the failing Knox County & Smoky Mountain Central Railroad Company and renames it the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad Company with plans to extend the line to Asheville, North Carolina.
 * The Graham County Railroad Company is chartered to connect Robbinsville, North Carolina to the Southern Railway's Murphy Branch in Topton, North Carolina.
 * The town of Sheldon is founded and named after it’s founder, Sheldon T.C. Hartford.
 * Smokey is built by Baldwin Locomotive Works on 3rd of April and arrived on the line on the 7th.
 * The Knoxville & Asheville Railroad is finally complete.

1906

 * The Erwin & Southern Railroad reaches the town of Sheldon and is renamed the Erwin & Sheldon Railroad Company. The Sheldon & Watchout Mountain Railroad and the Mount Watchout Railroad is also established. By the Summer of 1906, Sheldon becomes a small railroad hub.
 * Sadly, Andrew Hartford passed away at the age of 90.

1907

 * The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad is incorporated.
 * 1200 is borrowed from the Southern Railroad to help with the passenger duties.
 * The 3-foot narrow gauge Sheldon, Pisgah Forest & Lake Junaluska Railroad is established.

1908

 * Sadly, Sarah O' Cooper passed away at the age of 88.
 * The Knoxville, Harriman & Southern Railroad, a neighboring shortline, falls into hard times. The K&A, Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis, and the Tennessee Central Railroads wanted ownership of the line so the bank made an agreement. The line would be owned by the bank while it was shared by the K&A, NC&StL, and the TC with the K&A providing the motive power. The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad also begins construction.

1909

 * 1200 is sent packing in disgrace after his pompous behavior to the other locomotives. Louis is then purchased new from the American Locomotive Company.
 * The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad runs its first train.

1912

 * The Possum Hollow Railroad Company opens for business outside of Sheldon to extract the lumber out of the forest. The track gauge is 36 inches.

1914

 * The Waynesville & Southeastern Railroad Company is established.
 * World War I begins on 28th of July.

1917

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Wilson Pike.
 * Cornelius Hartford moves to France and married Sophia Beamount.
 * The U.S. enters World War I on 6th of July.
 * The United State Railroad Administration is created.

1918

 * Sophia Beamount gives birth to Polly Hartford.
 * World War II ends on 11th of November.

1919

 * Cornelius Hartford comes back to America, and Sophia Beamount and Polly Hartford join in.
 * The Sheldon Sheriff's Department buys their first squad cars, the 1919 Ford model T's.

1920

 * The USRA is abolished.

1921

 * Sadly, Jenifer Winifred passed away at the age of 75.
 * Sadly, Mabel Hartford passed away at the age of 73.
 * The Asheville Terminal Railroad is opened for business and later becomes a subsidiary of the K&A. Mount Watchout Railroad #1 Baxter, falls down Watchout Mountain and is left at the bottom of the mountain to rust.
 * The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad is closed on foreclosure and is sold off to a business-man named L.C. Gunter. Gunter renames the railroad the Knoxville & Carolina Railroad Company.

1922

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Lizzie MacFarlane.
 * The Hartford Inn burns to the ground. The Mount Watchout Railroad goes bankrupt and closes down as a result of the fire.

1923

 * Smokey is sent to the Southern Railroad’s Spencer shops for a rebuild.

1925

 * Sophia Beamount gives birth to Enos Hartford.
 * Josef Ivanov married Tanya Winski.

1926

 * Tanya Winski gives birth to Angelina Ivanov.
 * Sadly, Markus Van Der Maude passed away at the age of 76.

1927

 * Sophia Beamount gives birth to Gareth Hartford.
 * Tanya Winski gives birth to Ivan Ivanov.
 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Diana Ivanov.

1929

 * The Great Depression begins on 29th of October.

1930

 * Sadly, Tanya Winski and Josef Ivanov passed away at the ages of 29 and 30.

1933

 * Sadly, Haven Smit passed away at the age of 81.

1938

 * Sadly, Dimitri Winski is sent to the Gulag at the age of 40.

1939

 * World War II begins on 1st of September.

1945

 * World War II ends on 2nd of September.
 * Enos Hartford comes back to his resident from the U.S. Army.

1946

 * Jackson Hartford' 100th birthday is celebrated.
 * Enos Hartford married Angelina Ivanov.
 * Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Anatashia and Sarah Hartford.

1947

 * Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Herman Hartford.

1949

 * Sadly, Jackson Hartford passed away at the age of 103.

1950

 * Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Lucas Hartford.

1952

 * Sadly, Sheldon T.C. Hartford passed away at the age of 90.

1953

 * Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Dimitri Hartford.

1955

 * Wilson Pike married Lizzie MacFarlane.

1956

 * Lizzie MacFarlane gives birth to Virginia Pike.

1959

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Vito.
 * Ivan Ivanov married Diana Ivanov.

1960

 * Diana Ivanov gives birth to Nadya Ivanov.

1962

 * August 29th: The K&A dieselizes.

Early 1970s

 * Virginia Pike is moved to America.

1977

 * Lucas Hartford married Virginia Pike.
 * Sadly, Lily Van Der Maude passed away at the age of 100.

1978

 * Virginia Pike gives birth to Lucy Hartford.

1979

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Luke Walkerson.

1980

 * Virginia Pike gives birth to Katy Hartford and Keith Hartford.

1981

 * Nadya Ivanov married Vito.

1982

 * Nadya Ivanov gives birth to Nuri Ivanov.

1983

 * Nadya Ivanov gives birth to Tomar Ivanov.

1984

 * Sadly, Keith Hartford passed away at the age of 4.

1986

 * Sadly, Wendy Hartford passed away at the age of 87.

1987

 * Virginia Pike gives birth to Brittney Hartford and Joseph Hartford.

1988

 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Su Wang.

1992

 * Sadly, Sophia Beamount passed away at the age of 92.

1995

 * Virginia Pike gives birth to Stanley Hartford.
 * Lucas Hartford and Virginia Pike adopted Su Wang from China.

1996

 * Virginia Pike gives birth to Thurigood Hartford.
 * (Unknown mother) gives birth to Vincent B. Berkan on 4th of January.

1998

 * Katy Hartford married Luke Walkerson.

1999

 * Cornelius Hartford' 100th birthday is celebrated.
 * Katy Hartford gives birth to Wendy Walkerson.

=21st century=

2001

 * Sadly, Virginia Pike passed away at the age of 45.

2005

 * The Knoxville and Asheville Railroad celebrates its 100th anniversary.

2006

 * Sadly, Cornelius Hartford passed away at the age of 107.
 * Sadly, Polly Hartford passed away at the age of 88.

2007

 * Katy Hartford gives birth to Andrew Walkerson.

2011

 * Katy Hartford gives birth to Matthew Walkerson.