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Newsletter​​​​​​​​
Contents
Geneva Passenger News
Metra Board News
Amtrak News & Trips
Local & Western Rail History
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Local engineer, conductors tell
their stories
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Little Known
Turning Points
in American History
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Chapter 2 Section A
History Makers
Turning Points
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Mexican-American War Intro drbx Lincoln “Where’s the Spot” drbx
Santa Ana There’s Gold? drbx Gadsden Purchase drbx
California Gold Rush Intro drbx
Huntington Trek to CA
Huntington Sells Shovels
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Fred Harvey Intro drbx
Vision
Harvey Girls
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Hershey
Where he finds "Gold"
William A Clark
Buys Senate Seat
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Forrest Mars banished to Europe
Chapter 2 Section D
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Places
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Lake Tahoe
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Chapter 2 Section B
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Lincoln Family
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Turning Points
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Mary Todd Chooses Springfield
First Bridge over Navigable River
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Robert Lincoln Denied Harvard
A. Lincoln Speech in NYC
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Lincoln’s Inaugural Train Ride
Survives assassination attempt
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Lincoln & Stanford
Sons earlier death
Sons run for president
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Chapter 2 Section E
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Uncategorized
Chapter 2 Section C
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Chapter 2 Section F
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Railroads I
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South’s Forms Confederacy
Allows trans-rr northern route
C.P. Huntington
Judah’s vision
Fires Judah
Huntington "A shark"
RR Collapse Averted by Shovels
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George Pullman’s Genius
Parlor Car
Lease Cars
Lincoln funeral train
Pullman Porters
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Uncle Dick Wooten’s Decision
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Santa Fe will challenge SP
Santa Fe
Use of Rumors
David vs Goliath ,
ABQ to Tucson,
Tehachapi Pass
Pullman Strike of 1894?