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| My Grandfather And His Dray Wagon circa 1895 to Early 1900s |
Trains were the lifeblood of towns situated along the railroad tracks during the early 1900s. By the time Daddy was a teenager, the rail lines extended throughout much of the Midwest, often positioned close to major roads that connected towns large and small.
Benville, a small village of only a few hundred town residents (the same population as today) was the source of supplies and social activities for a wide radius of farms and farm families surrounding it. The steam trains,
