[Magdalen] Railroads

[Joseph Cirou]

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>From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
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>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Railroads
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>In a message dated 5/30/2016 3:02:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>romanos at mindspring.com writes:
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>My  grandfather Leon moved in with us in the late 40's. He was buried in  
>Stillwater, and was entitled to free passage for the final  trip.>>>>>>>>
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>Some additional railroad trivia:
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>Besides the 17 mile spur of the NP from Rush City, MN to my home town
>(Grantsburg, WI) there were two others off the same mainline from  the
>Twin Cities to Duluth/Superior.  They were Wyoming, MN to Taylors  Falls,
>MN and White Bear Lake to Stillwater.  All three are gone, the latter  two
>about 1948.  Soo Line served Saint Croix Falls across the state line,  but
>that was abandoned in 1961 so the twin villages, Taylors Falls and Saint  
>Croix
>Falls are without rail service.
> 
>It turns out that there is valuable fracking sand in that area, so Soo Line 
> has
>begun to restore some of its old lines, much to the displeasure of the  
>residents
>near the tracks.
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> 
>David Strang.
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> 
My grandmother's family had extensive Wisconsin connections. Rose La Fleur's mother remarried after the accident that claimed the life of Theophile La Fleur. The second marriage brought her to Wisconsin.It was a very successful family blending with a number of cross marriages  so some of us a related more than once. My grandmother's step sister became a favorite aunt of my father's and mine. Sr Jeanne Constance was a 
Sister of St Joseph and a hospital administrator in Baudette, Mn. After she "retired" she became a school librarian and a counsellor for battered women One of my "unforgettable personalities"

Joe