Reminiscences of a 'boomer' operator of the '80s and '90s, 1935.

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Reminiscences of a 'boomer' operator of the '80s and '90s, 1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122373700

Reminiscent account (typed, 66 p.) of a railroad telegraph operator in the 1880s and 1890s, detailing Hazeltine's career in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah with the St. Paul and Pacific, the Denver and Rio Grande, and the Northern Pacific railroads.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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