my name is Katy. I recently bought a very old house that is in Antlers. I was told by the owner , that it was the old Moyers train depot. I have ask some of the nice people of Moyers about it and some have said yes ,that it was torn down and sold to some one in antlers. What I am looking for is any one that might have any pictures of the old town of Moyers or the train depot. Me and my husband are taking the woood and going to add it to our cabin in the Wilderness Community in Moyers. so you can say its apart of Moyers coming home. so if any one can help please e-mail thank you

Katy, I don't have a picture of the Moyers train depot, but I can tell you a story about it. It is a little startling, so keep in mind that it was nearly a hundred years ago. My grandmother, who was born in 1907,told me that when she was a child, the train came through Moyers. If a Black person got off of the train, Mr. Robinson, the station master, would lock them in a room in the train station overnight. When the train came through the next day, they could get back on. She said, matter of factly, "They didn't mistreat 'em or anything, they give 'em a blanket and a towel and a basin to wash in, and they brung 'em food from the restaurant across the street." Her brothers would sneak out and stand on a wooden box to peer into the window at the Black passengers, but once when she tried it her mother caught her and whipped her for it. So your train station-house is part of one of the sadder chapters of our American story. If you do find a picture, please post it on the Pushmata County Genweb page, for all of us to see.