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May 19, 2013

History lesson

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Ada HS 1978 girls state basketball team and Stretch Roberson inducted into Hardin County Sports Hall on Saturday. Click for details.

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Before there was a Dixie Highway...before there was a Lincoln Highway...before there was a State Route 235...railroads were the way to travel.

Here's a 1902 photograph of Ada's Pennsylvania Railroad depot. The line connected New York City and Chicago with very fast service. Depending upon your point of view, not much or, quite a bit has change in 110 years.

(Photo from "Ada and the O.N.U. - The new and the old".)

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