Thomas Thank you. Maybe someone out there know the address to the Hisortical Society located in Logansport, and the Iron Horse Museum which is located on Market Street, Logansport. Charlotte "Thomas J. Kerr" wrote: > Charlotte > > The railroad came to Logansport area about 1853/04. > > Check with the Cass County Historical Society, located > about 1240 Market Street, Logansport, Indiana for their > exact address and postal number. They have a lot of > information on the early days and events in Cass County. > > There is also a railroad group, The Iron Horse Museum which > is also located on Market Street near third Street, but I have > never been there. > > Good Luck > > Thomas. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Flock's <flocks4@junct.com> > To: <INCASS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:20 PM > Subject: [INCASS] Railroads > > > Hi, > > Could any one tell me when the railroad was built. It was running in a > > > > straight line from Logansport, Indiana, towards the West, will cross > > the > > Wabash Valley Railroad at Middleport, the Chicago branch of the > > Illinois > > Central Railroad north of Onarga, the Alton and Chicago Railroad at > > Peoria Junction, and the main line of the Illinois Centeral Railroad > > south of Panola; then, pursuing a southwestern direction, terminate on > > the Illinois River, opposite Peoria. > > I'm trying to track down a ancestor who was working on the > > railroad. His name is John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. he was listed in > > the 1870 census Washington twp, Cass Co., IN, living with the couple > > listed below at the age of 39 as a R R Laborer. > > I found Wendell and his wife Caroline in the 1870 census. With > > this gentlemen John Miller living with them, and no one else. > > But I did not find this John Miller, living with them, in the > > 1880 census.. I do not know how he is related to my Wendell Miller. How > > do I go about finding more > > information on a person that was listed in the census with my family. > > Who is this John Miller? > > > > So, I'm hunting down information on the railroads that came through > > Cass County, around 1870. > > > > Good anyone tell me the names of the railroad that come through > > Logansport today. And if their names had been changed? > > > > Charlotte > > > > **************************************************** > > This article was taking from the Making of America > > > > The Logansport and Pacific Railroad > > > > Running in a straight line from Logansport, Indiana, towards the West, > > will cross the Wabash Valley Railroad at Middleport, the Chicago branch > > of the Illinois Central Railroad north of Onarga, the Atlon and Chicago > > Railroad at Peoria Junction, and the main line of the Illinois Central > > Railroad south of Panola; then, pursuing a southwestern direction, > > terminate on the Illinois river, opposite Peoria. > > > > Making of America > > http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ > > > > > > ==== INCASS Mailing List ==== > > @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- > > Interested in Cass County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration? > > Come visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrpmc/index.html > > > > ============================== > > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== INCASS Mailing List ==== > @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- @->- > Did you know there are locater maps linked from the Cass County Cemetery List? http://www.rootsweb.com/~incass/cemlist.html > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/