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Railroads’ Humble Beginning (Part I)

October 1, 2012 Todd DeFeo
The earliest railroads looked little like their modern ancestors. Beyond the rails and wheels on cars, they had little in common. They couldn’t haul the huge loads that today’s railroads can and their mode of power was either man or animal, usually horse or ox.

A caboose on display in Tombstone, Ariz.
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Tombstone’s Other Legacy: The Railroad

September 29, 2012 Todd DeFeo
In 1881, Tombstone was a remote mining community. There was no railroad link to Tombstone for the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral. During the next two decades, city leaders debated the need for a railroad and urged railroad officials to lay tracks into town, but nothing materialized.