Showing posts with label Grant County centennial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grant County centennial. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Grant County 50th Anniversary

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From the "Spokesman-Review." February 21, 1959
Friday, January 8, 2010

Railroads of Grant County 1999-2009

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The final decade of railroad history in Grant County’s first 100 years saw some significant changes. The various shortlines were content to ...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Railroads of Grant County 1989-1999

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The 1990s were busy for railroads, nationally and in Grant County. Consolidations of large roads continued, as well as continued reduction i...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1979-1989

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The 1980s were a time of great changes in railroading in general, and Grant County in particular. The railroad industry was anticipating the...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1969-1979

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The 1970s marked the continued decline of the railroad industry, as the chokehold of the Interstate Commerce Commission never let up. Railro...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1959-1969

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The 1960s was a time when the public thought of the railroads, if they thought of them at all, as something relegated to history. People wer...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1949-1959

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The 1950s can be considered a time of general decline of the railroad across the nation, as competition from the automobile, trucking indust...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1929-1939

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In February of 1929, Grant County entered its third decade with a sense of defeat. Discouragement over the failing economy, the weariness fr...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1919-1929

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The second decade of the 20th century can be characterized as the “Golden Age” of railroad history. Nationally, track mileage peaked in 1916...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Railroads of Grant County 1939-1949

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Here is the unedited version of the Centennial piece that appeared in print on 5-22-09. As if the Roaring ‘20s hadn’t brought enough chang...