[PRCo] urban myths

[Fred Schneider]

Dwight:

When I was research local trolley history here in Lancaster, I recorded what I saw in the local newspapers from the day when something happened, i.e. if it was May 22, 1890 and they recorded the first car running on East King Street, that went into my notes.   However,  if a Sunday feature 40 or 50 years later mentioned something, I never bothered to even waste time copying it.   By age 23, I had already learned not to trust everything I saw in print.




On Sep 4, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Dwight Long wrote:

> Several errors and omissions in the story.  Too many to recite here.  But at least the old interurbans are getting some press, and that’s good.  As long as future historians do not rely on the piece!
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> Dwight
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> From: Fred Schneider 
> Sent: Thursday, 04 September, 2014 14:52
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] urban myths
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> What is the urban legend, Dennis …
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> The fact that the line wasn't finished until 1914?   Or the guy who wrote in telling us that the current highway bridge was the trolley bridge?
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> On Sep 4, 2014, at 6:51 AM, DF Cramer wrote:
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>> http://www.ellwoodcityledger.com/news/local_news/short-line-trolley-service-had-a-short-run/article_38e22e8d-31d8-5a74-bb07-9e84a310dac2.html
>> How urban myths carry on.
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>> Dennis F. Cramer 
>> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/      
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