Arbon Valley farmers pledge a dollar an acre for a railroad that never came
May 25, 1916 · Newspaper clipping
For eight years Arbon Valley farmers petitioned, met, signed notes at a dollar an acre and backed one railroad scheme after another, and in May 1916 the promoters carried the plan to American Falls, but no line was ever built.
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- May 25, 1916
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- American Falls Press, May 25, 1916, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
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The opening of the article as printed in the American Falls Press, May 25, 1916, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
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