Welcome to the official Dutchman’s Curve Project Website


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Trailer for the "Dutchman's Curve" documentary.
Coming July 2008.





Shoney's Restaurant in Bellevue, hosted a fund raiser for the Dutchman's Curve Project March 22, 2008


Fundraiser at Shoney's: Dan Binkley, Joe Loftis, Steve Johnson, Terry Coats, and Senator Douglas Henry. Fundraiser at Shoney's: Carrie Climer (Shoney's Server) and Juan Gipson (Shoney's Field Marketing Manager)
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This image is a small section of a photo taken on July 9th, 1918 by NC&StL photographer Henry Hill Sr. This photo is on loan to the Dutchman's Curve project by the photographers grandson, Henry Hill III.




The mission of the Dutchman's Curve Project, is to:


Memorialize the worst train wreck in U.S. history by establishing, in Nashville, a Metro Historic Marker on White Bridge Road near the accident site.


Proposed site for Dutchman’s Curve Marker





Preserve the oral history of Dutchman's Curve, by interviewing family members and descendants of victims, and witnesses.


Robert White son of Dutchman’s Curve Survivor Wesley White





Present Nashville history to school children and to encourage them to recognize the significance of their communities past


Adriana and Tyria Thorpe explore local history





To create a Dutchman's Curve tour of graves at Nashville's historic Mt. Olivet Cemetery.


Headstone of Engineer William F Lloyd, Mt. Olivet Cemetery