Friendship, NY
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Memories of the Erie
Note: The following is a transcription of the memoirs of Sheridan Gorton Latta. They are reproduced with permission from “The Latta Genealogy Newsletter.“ On April 1, 1887, I began working as Baggage Master on the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, at Friendship, NY, under George W. Fries, Station Agent. I had improved in…
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Angelica’s New Railroad
The first train on the extension of the Allegany Central Railroad between Angelica and Friendship went over the line Monday afternoon. It reached Angelica about two o’clock in the afternoon and was greeted with enthusiasm by the natives. Every window was full of wondering individuals. Children and grandparents climbed up on stumps to get a…
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A New Railroad
An Important Enterprise A very important new railroad enterprise has just been assured for Allegany county. It is no less than the extension of the Olean & Friendship narrow gauge to Belvidere, Angelica, Swains, Nunda and Mt. Morris – or near the latter point – where it will form an important connection with the extension…