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To: John Leland 1789

Every small Hoosier town was connected by rail

Our surveyors office has a 1800s map on the wall that’s quite interesting . There was rail lines every few miles

I’ve removed a few miles of rail beds over the years. Just last year we did cleared the trees from it and loaded out the stone. Mixed with the cinders, it makes an awesome roadbed for driveways

Most interesting was one stretch that the owner showed me the deed to that was signed by Abe himself

Well over 100 years old, it was cordouroyed with logs throughout low ground and still had bark on the logs


25 posted on 04/29/2023 12:45:41 PM PDT by digger48
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To: digger48

...from a half mile...

Got ahead of myself

Nap time


26 posted on 04/29/2023 12:48:01 PM PDT by digger48
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