AND HOW THE RECIPIENTS >>> IN THE MOUNTAIN TOWN OF WEST JEFFERSON AND MURAL PAINTED ON THE BUILDING. FIRST PLANT SIMPLY PAINTING THE TRAIN. >>> TARGET TRAVEL TALES THEY DESTROY, START MASON IS IN ASHE COUNTY WITH A TRAGIC TALE OF THE GIRL NAMED HOPE. >>> >> Reporter: THIS MURAL WEST JEFFERSON. >> GENTLEMAN DRIVE SPICES AS YOU THE STORY. >> Reporter: STEPHEN SHOEMAKER, MURAL ARTIST HAS NOT HURT THE STORY. >> AFTER HE HEARD THE STORY WAS NOTHING MURAL ANYMORE. IT WAS THE STORY. >> Reporter: THE STORY OF HOPE. >> SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST IN 1945. >> Reporter: HER FAMILY LIVED ON THE SIDE OF A HILL. >> SITTING ON THE TRACK SHE WAS A TODDLER. >> MOTHER WAS IN THE HOUSE AND HEARD THE TRAIN AND LOOKING AROUND FOR HOPAL. >> THE MOM RUNS OFF THE PORCH AND JUMPS OFF THE PORCH AND TRIES TO GET DOWN TO HER. WHAT I HEARD SHE PASSED OUT. >> Reporter: SHE KNEW SHE WOULD BE TOO LATE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE MOM HAD SOME SORT OF PREMONITION BEFORE THIS. >> THERE WAS A CAT DOWN THERE ON THE TRACK, A BLACK CAT. SAID THE MOM THOUGHT IT WAS A SIGN. A PREMONITION. SHE SAW A LIGHT. A RAY OF LIGHT HEADING DOWN ON THE TRACKS WHERE SHE WAS HIT. >> Reporter: WERE HOPAL WAS HIT, WHERE HOPAL DIED. >> THE TRAIN RAN OVER HER. >> TOOK A HATCHET AND CUT AN X, AND MY PAINTING I HAVE A X. >> Reporter: AND A TEDDY BEAR. >> WHEN I WAS DOING THE MURAL, DID NOT WANT TO ENCROACH ON THE FAMILY'S DEMISE. I TOLD THEM I SAID. IT IS A TERRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED. BUT IT IS PART OF HISTORY, PART OF THE RAILROAD HIS SHOE. >> Reporter: IN THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE BACK THEM. >> JUST LIVING ON THAT SIDE OF THE HILL THERE. THEY WORKED SO HARD. AND THEY HAVE TO SUFFER. THINGS LIKE THIS. EVERY DAY THE TRAIN WENT BY, WHICH WAS TWICE. SHE HAD TO RELIVE THAT. SHE HAD TO RELIVE EVERY DAY OF IT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. IT IS REAL SAD. >>> WHAT A PAINTING. STORY OF HOPAL INCLUDED A BOOK CALLED, STEPHEN SHOEMAKER, PICTURES AND STORY WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. STEPHEN SHOEMAKER SAYS HE