Joy can come from research… Ok.  So one has to be a little odd in the head to say that, but while I struggle as an amateur writer periodically I am going to choose to simply re-publish a gem of an historical newspaper article when I find it.  I revel in what it feels like today to come across one of the first stories.  Imagine you are back there at the turn of the century, hearing for the first time about the Marion River Railroad.

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