The railroad that never came to Arbon Valley, 1914–1922
From 1914 to 1922 Arbon Valley farmers petitioned the Short Line, pledged a dollar an acre and backed one railroad plan after another, but no line was ever built.
News, observations, announcements, and remembrances from the original Arbon Valley community blog.
Community blog · 2010–2020 · original publication order · stories from the old papers added since 2026
From 1914 to 1922 Arbon Valley farmers petitioned the Short Line, pledged a dollar an acre and backed one railroad plan after another, but no line was ever built.
Arbon's first community fair, at the Central school on May 10, 1916, brought exhibits, speeches and a car wreck, and then William Allard's letter defending it.