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Portneuf Sentinel
Serving southeast Idaho: Bannock, Bingham, Power and Caribou counties and the Fort Hall ReservationVol. 1, No. 4
This day in history

1913: Excursion train to bring out-of-state visitors to Aberdeen

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On Friday, Nov. 14, 1913, Blackfoot's Idaho Republican announced a special excursion that Saturday to Aberdeen, carrying visitors from several states who had an interest in the town and the farm country along the Aberdeen branch rail line. The paper said the train would leave the Blackfoot depot at 8:45 a.m. so the visitors could spend the day sightseeing, and noted that many Blackfoot people had money invested along the branch.

Source: Idaho Republican (Blackfoot), Nov. 14, 1913, page 1, via the Blackfoot Public Library digital archive.

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