Series 3                                                          July 2025

 

15 AZ           Forty orphans arrived from New York City arrived by train In a small Arizona mining town

                    and immediately were caught in a custody fight between Whites and Mexicans.

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16a HM        Little did anyone know that when the 3 year old girl moved with her family to

                     Titusville, PA that this would have national ramifications involving John D Rockefeller      

                      some 40 years later.

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16b HM       His newly bought business was destroyed by the Chicago Fire of 1871. However, he

                    quickly rebuilt to become one of the nation’s leading merchandizers.

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17 Lin         He found himself in Jersey City on a train platform being pushed in between two cars as it

                  began moving when he was pulled by the collar back onto the platform. Looking at the                          person who saved him from injury if not death, he shouted “Thank you Mr. Booth.

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18a RR        A stand off between the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad and river steam boat interests

                   over  a bridge on the Mississippi River involved two future presidents and a military

                   general.

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18b RR        California quickly became disenchanted when its new railroad charged excessive                                    passenger and freight rates high due to the railroad’s monopoly. A newly built railroad                          provided competition but didn’t solve all the problems.

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19 Pla          This was a stop over for entertainment, gambling and more. Later it was duplicated in

                     another place.

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20a Fav       A practical joke about a college football team resulted in the college president resigning

                   to become its football coach as that position was more lucrative and prestigious.

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20B Fav     When their school burned down, the high school students attended classes in a recently                       abandoned prison! Although unpopular at first, the students eventually embraced their

                 new mascot.

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21 Gen       She dined with the Astors and Rockefeller’s …and she was only 10 years old! She married

                  … she disappeared … and was found 50 years later in a hospital but she wasn’t sick.

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