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To: John Leland 1789
Is that the old Monon line from New Albany to Salem? Sorry to hear that’s been torn up. Grandmother used to tell about the 1937 flood when women and children were loaded onto a boxcar in West Louisville and evacuated to stay with home owners in Salem.

Hard times those were.

30 posted on 04/29/2023 1:00:39 PM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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To: rhinohunter

Part of it is indeed the old Monon Line. There is still a very nice museum in Salem highlighting that Line. I was unaware of the 1937 event. I am not originally from this region. My children began to find their spouses around here; two of my sons-in-law own their own businesses in the area.


53 posted on 04/29/2023 3:21:44 PM PDT by John Leland 1789
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