Dick,
You are correct, the West ends in Nevada and then it was the West Coast.
When I lived in the Panhandle, anything East of North Platte was considered
the Midwest (to the Mississippi River). On the Q Revenna was considered the
boundary.
People back here in Wisc. seem to think that they live in the Midwest, I
don't understand that.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Patterson <rpatter@t...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
> Ed,
> Actually the whole comment was made in jest. However, I clearly remember
my great grandfather, a rancher from southeast Wyoming, referring to his
annual trips to Omaha on the stock trains as "going back east." He was born
and raised in Appanoose County Iowa (near Centerville), homesteading in
Wyoming in 1907. I guess the term "back east" is relative, since most areas
we, Wyomingites, refer to with that term think of themselves as
"Midwestern." Interestingly, I don't think we ever refer to California,
etc. as out west. We don't usually think of it as "The West," but rather
the west coast.
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed & Betty Padgett <epadgett@p...>
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
>
>
> Rick,
>
> Does your comment apply if we lived East of Box Butte in Alliance?
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Patterson <rpatter@t...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
>
>
> > My apologies to all my friends from "back east" (east of Alliance).
When
> I made my unfortunate reference to "flatlanders" I was referring to the
> altitude, not the grade.
> > Rick Patterson
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Mitchell
> > To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 6:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
> >
> >
> > Check BB#35. Goreville Hill still has to have pushers.
> > This is not flatland!!!
> > John D. Mitchell
> > --- Ken martin <kmartin@c...> wrote:
> > > John
> > >
> > > To this guy who grew up in Burlington, Iowa is not
> > > flat however it cannot
> > > compare to the grades the C&S narrow gauge ran going
> > > to Leadville. 8^)
> > >
> > > Ken Martin
> > > Q and C&Sng modeler
> > >
> > > John Lewis wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Rick,
> > > >
> > > > You kill me! You have obviously never seen a
> > > westbound freight pull the hill in God's Country
> > > (Palmyra Missouri)...sometimes having to double or
> > > grab motors off a eastbound. Flat? Take a look at
> > > the grade from Mark Bottoms to the siding west of
> > > Palmyra!
> > > >
> > > > Besides, yall out in Wyoming have TWO Burlington
> > > (by gosh) O5s in your state!
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > John Lewis
> > > > San Diego California
> > > > (out real west!)
> > > > T
> > >
> >
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