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Name : Wayne Beck - Webmaster
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City : Pine Bluff, AR
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Email Adr : wbeck@email.com
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Comments : Welcome to the new CBRHS Guestbook
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Name : Dale Kohutek
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City : Crossett, Ar.
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Email Adr : kdkohute@arkansas.net
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Name : guy oliver
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City : kingwood, texas
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Email Adr : olivergb@argolink.net
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Comments : Retired 1979 as General Sales Mgr. St. Louis
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Name : Jerryu Parker
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City : commerce city
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Email Adr : bearsp9@aol.copm
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Comments : first time here thank you for leting me look
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Name : Jim Hale
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City : Big Bear Lake, CA
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Email Adr : jbarhale@earthlink.net
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Comments : Sent a separate e-mail re info on
death of GFather in an accident on
the Cotton Belt abt 1900.
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Name : Charles D. Tipton
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City : Garland, TX 75043
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Email Adr : chasdtip@juno.com
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Comments : My grandfather and four of his five brothers were engineers on the Cotton Belt in north East Texas in the late 1800's and up until 1943 when my grandfather died.
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Name : Neil Kuehner
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City : Hot Springs Village, AR
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Email Adr : nkuehner@ipa.net
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Comments : Started with Cotton Belt on July 3, 1962 in St. Louis. Transferred to Dallas in 1978 and retired in Feb of 2000.
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Name : Jerry W. Matlock
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City : Pine Bluff, AR. 71603
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Email Adr : sjmatlock@msn.com
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Name : Ken Tarvin
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City : Cincinnati
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Email Adr : ktarvin1@msn.com
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Comments : I'm surprised to learn of the Cotton Belt webpage, but very interested since my years with the Cotton Belt were the most enjoyable ones in my railroading career.
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Name : H.G. Stiver
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City : Council Grove, Ks
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Email Adr : hgs@cgtelco.net
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Comments : the only RR in the usa
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Name : Stephen Williams
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City : Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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Email Adr : slwilliams85@earthlink.net
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Comments : My grandfather, better known as "Bigun" was with the Cotton Belt until his retirement in 1976. He was a Yard Master. I remember as a tot, he took me up into the Hump Tower to let me watch the box cars being switched to the various tracks in the yard. What
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Name : alvin russell
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City : hendersonville,n.c
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Email Adr : arussell@brinet.com
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Name : Elnora C. Wylie
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City : Pine Bluff
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Email Adr : Elnora.ham@mail.state.ar.us
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Comments : Great site. Very informative!
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Name : Dixie Barger
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City : Wadesville Indiana
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Email Adr : wbarger@tds.net
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Comments : My grandfather William David Hollis worked for the Cottonbelt RR for a number of years until he died in april 1907. I tried once to find out what Cottonbelt employee records might be available with no luck. If anyone knows of any employee information avai
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Name : Jeff Lehigh
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City : Fairfield ,CA.
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Email Adr : jdlehigh78@msn.com
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Name : Tom Stephenson
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City : Quitman,TX.
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Email Adr :
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Name : Tom Stephenson
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City : Quitman,TX.
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Email Adr : tdstepen@peoplescom.net
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Comments : My Grandfather William Amos Stephenson, 1888-1972, and his son and my dad,Marvin William Stephenson, 1913-1998,
worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad out of Commerce,Texas. My grandfather was a clerk and my dad finished his forty year career as a conducto
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Name : Fred A. Brule
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City : Gainesville
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Email Adr : fablab@swbell.net
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Comments : I am engoying this site very much.
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Name : Billy Adams
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City : Pine Bluff
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Email Adr : bcadams@libertybay.com
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Comments : This is a great site. Keep up the good work..
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Name : LACRESHA
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City : GOBER TEXAS
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Email Adr :
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Comments : I WORKED AT A CAFE IN BAILEY CALLED COTTON BELT cafe
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Name : David Hahs
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City : Troy, Il.
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Email Adr : davidhahs@norcom2000.com
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Comments : Would love to here from anyone that worked at the E. St. Louis, Ill. Valley Yard.
Also, would love to here from anyone in Illmo-Scott City.
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Name : havis nutt
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City : Fort Worth
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Email Adr : junutt@hotmail.com
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Name : Sheri
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City : Kingsland
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Email Adr : sherib71@hotmail.com
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Name : ran moore
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City : stephens, AR
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Email Adr : cowboy8192000@yahoo.com
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Comments : i love all yall for the web site but yall need new photos of the 819 and 336 locomotives i know that yal are buesy and all but still i think that the 819 and 336 is the last of their breed of locomotives and yal also need to have photoes of the 819 and 33
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Name : Frank M. Firth
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City : Ottawa Canada
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Email Adr : fs.firth@sympatico.ca
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Comments : I am a train history fan and when ever I can I read as mush history as possible.
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Name : Stan Hayes
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City : Bullhead City, AZ
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Email Adr : gabbyh1@ctaz.com
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Comments : Well done site. Would like to be able to access photo archives.
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Name : Stewart Shannon Stubbs, Sr.
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City : Kernersville, NC
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Email Adr : sstubbs@triad.rr.com
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Comments : Great site!
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Name : Beth Pow
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City : Spartanburg
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Email Adr : powspeare@prodigy.net
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Comments : Trains were very much a part of my childhood. My parents did not own a car until I was out of college. My grandparents lived 300 miles from us, and the annual trip to visit them--via train, of course--was the year's big event. I'd really love to know if t
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Name : Charlene Shepherd
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City : Pine Bluff
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Email Adr : dhacary@hotmail.com
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Comments : enjoyed looking at the trains, will possibly check out more next time.
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Name : laura ruffin
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City : va beach ,va
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Email Adr : sweetnlow_20670
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Name : Van Dunn
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City : Wichita, Kansas
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Email Adr : van.dunn@worldnet.att.net
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Comments : My dad was first a Firemen then became an Engineer in the later part of his life. His death was in 1960. Just attempting to look for information on him.
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Name : Richard West
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City : New Rochelle NY
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Email Adr : Ric4030@msn.com
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Comments : Interesting stories
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Name : Georgia Stevens
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City : Pleasant Hill, MO
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Email Adr : willg32ma@aol.com
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Comments : Trying to contact John D. Mahaffey. That was my grandfather's name. He was a railroad man and so was his father William W. Mahaffey.
Thanks
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Name : JEFF dAVIDSON
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City : OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
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Email Adr : FEDUP2DA@HOTMAIL.COM
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Comments : My Father worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad for 43 years, some
was in Illmo,Mo,until 1954, then
moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Have many good memories of riding
the trains when I was little and
the sounds of the CLICLITY CLACK
would certainly put y
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Name : Lloyd Spivey
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City : Hartford, KY
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Email Adr : spivey@kih.net
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Comments : Continuing improvements to web site
are great. Keep up the good work.
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Name : David Poore
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City : Pine Bluff, AR.
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Email Adr : daspoore@arkansas.net
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Comments : Whup em up!
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Name : John W.Ballard
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City : Greenville Texas
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Email Adr : ballardins@niinet.net
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Comments : I started with the Cotton Belt 1961-1964 as fireman.Came back in 1970 till 1998 .It was the most enjoyable time of life working with and along side the men &women of Commerce Texas.THANKS
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Name : Stephen Mashburn
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City : Tulsa, OK
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Email Adr : Mashco51@aol.com
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Comments : I have been searching for information on a relative John Wesely Gunn. Worked for the Cotton Belt and lived around Gatesville Texas. He was injured in a derailment in 1918 and as the story goes he was on a train hauling bodies of victems of the Spanish Flu
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Name : Wesley Lewellen
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City : Omaha ,Ne
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Email Adr : wes251@home.com
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Comments : My father started with Cotton belt in 1972 in commerce. And is currently with UP as well as the rest of my family. I am looking for an Cotton Belt Jacket A manger here In Omaha had one and would love to buy one for My father for Christmas.
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Name : Ken Woodfield
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City : Evans, Georgia
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Email Adr : vwoodfield@home.com
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Comments : My Grandfather, Mike O'Cain; Great Uncle, Burrel Page; and my Father, Burrell Woodfield all worked for the Cotton Belt. You have a very good site.
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Name : Jim L Ferguson
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City : McKenna
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Email Adr :
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Comments : Past member of Tyler Tap chapter.
Tyler Tx.
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Name : amanda sharp
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City : nashville,tn
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Email Adr : rolltide80@home.com
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Comments : Just found this site. I am so proud of it. My grandfather is Emil Mitchell. He helped build the 819.
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Name : Gary Powell
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City : Temple, Texas
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Email Adr : powgd@aol.com
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Comments : I grew up at Gatesville, Texas, on the west end of the Cotton Belt. I am esp. interested in the line west of Waco, incl. the line that extended west of Gatesville to Hamilton, Stephenville and Comanche (the Stephenville North & South Texas Ry).
I study
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Name : Steve Irons
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City : Dana Point, CA
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Email Adr : medifx@home.com
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Comments : My great grandfather, Edwin Ramsey Kendrick, was an engineer on the Cotton Belt Railroad between Tyler, TX and Roswell, NM in the late 1800s.
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Name : Raymond Brown
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City : Redford , Michigan
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Email Adr : astra571@yahoo.com
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Comments : My grandfather, Daniel Brown, was a fireman on the Blytheville, Leachville & Arkansas Southern in 1909.
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Name : harold g. oliver
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City : kingwood
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Email Adr : guyoliver3@excite.com
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Comments : changes have made it more confusing
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Name : Larry Kelso
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City : Benton, AR
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Email Adr : kelso1700@msn.com
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Comments : Thanks, folks, for all the preservation work you do! Great site
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Name : Linda Bishop Cooper
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City : Carrollton, Texas
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Email Adr : rlcooper@peoplepc.com
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Comments : In Commerce, Texas my grandfather B.E. Martin was an engineer for the Cotton Belt in the 50's and 60's. My father, Charles A.Bishop was a brakeman and conductor during the 50's 60's & 70's. The Cotton Belt is such a part of my memories of my childhood and
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Name : terry phillips
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City : portland, oregon
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Email Adr :
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Comments :
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Name : Bart Behrendt
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City : Waukesha, WI
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Email Adr : bcbehrendt@msn.com
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Comments : Delighted to find this site. Kiik forward to hearing from any and all.Will enjoy viewing the subject matter. Thand for setting this up.
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