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LAWRENCE CO. - Saturday, the Williams Community Covered Bridge Dinner was held at the Williams Covered Bridge for the fifth year in a row, with all 175 seats sold out, and speaker Brandt Baughman, the Deputy Director of Indiana State Parks. The Williams Covered Bridge, built in 1884 A combined e ...
A Nevada County resident walked across the Bridgeport Covered Bridge — legally — for the first time in a decade Thursday afternoon.
Fire Destroys Landmark Covered Bridge in Littleton, Maine Photo courtesy of Pamela Crowder Wilkinson A fire of unknown origin Monday afternoon destroyed a historic covered bridge in the southern Aroostook County town of Littleton. The Littleton Fire Department responded to the 110-year-old Watson Settlement Bridge on the Framingham Road (also known as Carson Road). Officials said two people driving by the bridge smelled smoke and spotted the flames after they turned around to investigate. The 170-foot long wooden bridge was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Crews from Monticello a...
On December 22, 1860 the first engine, âRockdale,â pulled into Oxford, Pennsylvania. By December of 1865, the P & B Central had extended its line to Rising Sun. On Christmas Day of that year an excursion train ran from the Cecil County town to Oxford, Pennsylvania, for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church. Cars did not travel the route regularly, though, because the terminus had neither a turntable, depot or water station. The Cecil Whig (3/34/1866) published a letter from a Rising Sun resident, who related the changes that had occurred in his town since the advent of the railroad...