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Land grant values hinge on the signer
The Smart CollectorQ: Your column carried a photo of a Ben Franklin-signed deed that sold for $13,200. We have a document signed 1811 that grants land in Ohio to a family member. It's signed in two places by President James Madison and once by Secretary of State James...Tags: Values, Religion and Belief, Abraham Lincoln, Travel, Transportation
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A modern chair is sometimes just a piece of sculpture
A chair has four legs, a seat, a back and perhaps arms - or at least that was the rule for hundreds of years. Do you ever stop to think about chairs? Before the 16th century, only the king, the church hierarchy or the most important person in the room sat...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Travel, Transportation, Brooklyn (New York City), Auction Service
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Track removal delayed in Windber
Daily American Staff Writer @PeteBosakThe much-anticipated removal of two deteriorated railroad crossings in Windber Borough has been delayed by at least a week. Allegheny Southern Railway plans to remove two railroad crossings; one on 21st Street near McDonald's and another on Graham Avenue...Tags: Travel, Transportation
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Rail crossing at Northwest Highway to be closed until fall
After 13 years of negotiations with state, federal and Union Pacific officials, Arlington Heights finally broke ground last week for $5 million in improvements along Northwest Highway, Arthur Avenue and Davis Street. The project, funded with $4...
Tags: Traffic, Science and Technology, Union Pacific Corporation
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When will railroad area be repaired?
When is Caltrans going to repair the railroad at the south end of Highway 111 as you cross to go to Mexicali? It’s in very bad shape. — Jostled, Calexico Different entities including the state Department of Transportation, the General...Tags: California Department of Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad, Travel, Transportation, Union Pacific Corporation
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Leimert Park Village deserves a rail station
Two years ago, every one of the elected officials representing South Los Angeles — members of the City Council, the Legislature and Congress — joined in an unprecedented show of unity to call for the Crenshaw-to-LAX light-rail line to...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Travel, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Doran Street crossing upgrade coming
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has cobbled together $40 million to build either an underpass or overpass that would improve safety conditions at one of the most dangerous railroad crossings along the Glendale-Los Angeles...
Tags: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Health and Safety at Work, Travel, Science and Technology, Transportation
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Charles T. Mahan Jr., railroad historian
Charles T. Mahan Jr., who spent 75 years painstakingly documenting the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad — better known as the Ma & Pa — that zig-zagged across Maryland from Baltimore to York, Pa., died Friday of kidney failure at Oak Crest...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, Parkville, Towson, Baltimore County
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California bullet train groundbreaking faces new obstacles
California's bullet train agency is facing a series of new regulatory and political problems that could jeopardize its July construction kickoff, which already has been delayed more than six months. The new challenges are coming from a private...
Tags: Jeff Denham, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Perini Corporation, Mark DeSaulnier
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ON THE TRAIL : All aboard the nature train
The first passenger train rides of the season roll Saturday out of the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson. Why not combine it with a hike or bike ride along the nine-mile, paved North Judson Erie Trail, a former railroad bed that runs between...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Connecticut Valley Railroad, Museums, Travel, Arts and Culture
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Freebie Friday: Free events in Orlando
Free events and things to do in Orlando and surrounding areas this week. See what you can find that won't cost you a dime! EVENTS LEESBURG BIKEFEST: today-Sunday; Downtown Leesburg, Main Street, Leesburg; free; 352-365-0053. EARTH FEST: with...Tags: Tavares, Travel, Arts and Culture, Downtown (Miami, Florida), AMC (tv network)
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Letter shines light on love
When Troy Woehl took down a ceiling in an old house near Lincoln School recently, he discovered a historic gem. "I was pulling down some lathes," he said. "When I pulled hard, part of the ceiling opened up, and an envelope floated down." Inside...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, World War I (1914-1918)
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