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2019 Volume 30 #1&2
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Photo: Oil painting of the Starrucca Viaduct in 1849.
Cover Photo Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 03
Upcoming Structure Birthdays in Susquehanna Co. . . . . . Pgs 4-5
Recollections of a Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 6-7
How the Erie Railroad was First Ironed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 8
Visitations of Catholic Bishop Kendrick To Susq. Co. 1832-1849 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 9-14
An Autumnal Trip on the Erie Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 47-51
Opening of the New York & Erie Railroad . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 15-22
Rattlesnake Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 23
Handsome Picture (Erminie Steamer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 24-25
Wild Animal Shot -Panther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 26-27
Images of Renovated Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 28-32
History of Cane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 33
Administrator’s Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 34
The Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 35-36
Jordan Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 37-38
Fatal Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 39
Aid to Irish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 39
Leap Year Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 40
Walks Along the Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 41-44
Movements of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 45-46
Erie Railroad Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 52-53
Mr. Wards Trousers Gone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 54
Letter From Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 55-56
Three Bandits Captured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 57-61
Rattlesnake Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 61
Stories and Incidents of the Old Frontier #11 . . . . . . . . Pgs 62-66
Stories and Incidents of the Old Frontier #19 . . . . . . . . Pgs 67-70
Santa’s Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 71
Stories and Incidents of the Old Frontier #23 . . . . . . . . Pgs 72-77
Items For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pgs 78-79