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A river and rail city

Paducah grew at the Ohio-Tennessee river confluence as a market, steamboat port, and railroad hub.

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A river and rail city
County
McCracken County, Kentucky
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Paducah grew at the Ohio-Tennessee river confluence as a market, steamboat port, and railroad hub.
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