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- 1999-10-26 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Newspaper clippings
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the file is open for research use
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- English
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Content for file: "Ferdy Flyer" (Ferdinand Railroad Company)
Photocopy of newspaper article, "Ferdinand Railroad" part 1, FERDINAND NEWS, June 11, 1992 (4 pages)
Photocopy of newspaper article, "Ferdinand Railroad" part 2, FERDINAND NEWS, June 25, 1992 (3 pages)
Photocopy of newspaper article, "Ferdinand Railroad" part 3, FERDINAND NEWS, July(?), 1992 (2 pages, plus, photo of Irvin Verkamp, whose father worked on the railroad; and photo of the old steam engine, coal car and passenger car)
Photocopy of newspaper article, "'Ferdy Flyer' Needs No Army Officers to Keep It Running", FERDINAND NEWS, August 28, 1947(?)
Photocopy of newspaper article, "Ferdy Flyer", INDIANAPOLIS STAR MAGAZINE, February 9, 1947
Photocopy of newspaper column, "Back Then - April 26, 1907", FERDINAND NEWS, April 25, 2007
Photocopy of newspaper article, "It Only Ran to Ferdinand", FERDINAND NEWS, December 3, 1997
Typed paper, "Wore Wooden Shoes - A Correspondent to the Rockport Democrat Must Have Had a Pleasant Dream"
Typed letter, from Fr. John Schipp, dated August 28, 2003, to members of the Ferdinand Historical Society, in re articles on the Ferdinand Railroad
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Note
The Ferdinand railroad was the shortest railroad in the United States privately owned (7-mile track). The Ferdinand Railroad Company was established in 1909. The Sisters of St. Benedict bought a $100 bond in 1908 as an investment in the railroad. This file contains newspaper clippings carrying the history of the "Ferdy 'Flyer."