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Grand Junction was founded in 1858. It was named after the `Grand Junction` of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Mississippi Central Railroad. The town was a railroad town, with its own newspaper, two saloons, three hotels, a livery stable, and other businesses. During the Civil War, the Union Army held the city for approximately three years. Also during the Civil War General U.S. Grant established a ââ¬ÅContraband Campââ¬Â of thousands of former enslaved people, providing shelter, education etc. prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1878 a yellow fever epidemic struck the town and killed more than half of the 150 residents. The town was incorporated in 1901.
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