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Myron, Mr. Selmer

Mr. Myron was a longtime employee of the Northwestern Railroad. A Menominee, Wis. native, he learned telegraphy and worked briefly as a boom operator for the Chicago & Northwestern. In the early 1910's he became the depot agent for the railroad in Baldwin, Wis. and working there until his retirement in the 1960's. He discusses operations of the depot, types of freight handled, passenger service, train schedules, and changes in the line and the railroad over the years in great detail.

Ritchie, Frank & Mrs.

Frank Richie was born in Cumberland, WI, I 1897, where his father was a farmer. HE moved to Hudson, ca. 1912. Ritchie worked for fourty-four years in the railroad shops at North Hudson; he had six brothers, each of whom also worked in the shops. In thid memoir, Ritchie discusses the early years and development of North Hudson, as welll as his experiences growing up as an Italian-American in North Hudson.