Columbus, Springfield and Cincinnati Railroad

scott 9 August 2023

 In July 1870, it became the Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railroad when the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad reached an agreement on a lease for 99 years. The Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati was the successor to Springfield & Columbus Railroad again.

https://madrivermuseum.org/history/

In 1889 this would be part of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Railroad.

Lafayette, Indiana

scott 7 August 2023

Lafayette was founded in 1825 on the southeast bank of the Wabash River near where the river becomes impassable for riverboats upstream, though a French fort and trading post had existed since 1717 on the opposite bank and three miles downstream. It was named for the French general Marquis de Lafayette, a Revolutionary War hero.

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