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From: Michael Connor mjconnor_rr AT hotmail DOT com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:41:51 -0400
Subject: FW: [Volunteers] photo of Erie RR stone culvert
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This may be of interest to our ELHS members.
MJC

From: Dave Rathfon






Date: March 26, 2011 3:22:48 PM EDT

To: Ronald Amberger

Subject: Re: [RGVRRM] Message from RGVRRM.ORG






Thank You.

Here is a photo of the Stone Culvert RR Bridge

Dave Rathfon


Please visit www.backtobradford.com


--- On Sat, 3/26/11, Ronald Amberger wrote:


From: Ronald Amberger
Subject: Re: [RGVRRM] Message from RGVRRM.ORG
To: Raffdave@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 2:02 PM


I have asked any members with information to reply to you directly.
R Amberger
Secretary RGVRRM
On Mar 26, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Raffdave@yahoo.com wrote:

> My name is Dave Rathfon and I am an amateur Historian of the Bradford, McKean County, PA area.
> I am doing another special research project for the Back to Bradford web site. I was wondering if it was possible that some of the Confederate Soldiers that where at the Elmira Camp may have been transported on the Erie RR to build stone culvert RR bridges in this area in 1864.
> I do have a reference to that fact in the history book, Erie Railroad 1863-1976, by Lawrence W. Kilmer that Confederate Prisoners built the stone culvert bridge .
> The stone culvert has a stone keystone with the date 1864.
> Any information on this topic would be greatly appreciated and any information that I use would be noted as your reference with your permission.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Dave Rathfon
> Rathfon Family & Bradford, PA Historian
> www.backtobradford.com
>
> Dave Rathfon





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