THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAIL LINE COMING TO DOGTOWN

Speakers: Bob Corbett and Henry Herbst
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2002
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: St. James School cafeteria, 1360 Tamm Ave.

The first DHS lecture, “150th Anniversary of the Rail Line Coming to Dogtown,” was held on December 8 in the St. James Cafeteria. Thirty-two people attended. The first speaker, Bob Corbett, stressed the economic and cultural importance of the Missouri Pacific Railway coming to Cheltenham, and Henry Herbst, the second speaker, discussed the Taylor City Belt Line that ran from Manchester Avenue to the 1904 World’s Fairgrounds.