{"id":175,"date":"2023-07-08T02:56:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahs.maripress.com\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:57:40","slug":"railroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of Old Engine 99<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a link to a website with all the information about the train in Washington Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=251528\">https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=251528<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 15, 1887, the tracks of the Wisconsin Valley Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee &amp; St. Paul Railroad, then in the process of extension from Merrill to Minocqua, reached Tomahawk, and on October 8, 1887 the first train came over these rails.&nbsp; The rest as they say, is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old_No_19_Engine_moves001.98160955_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"883\" data-id=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/tahs.maripress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old_No_19_Engine_moves001.98160955_large-1024x883.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old_No_19_Engine_moves001.98160955_large-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Old_No_19_Engine_moves001.98160955_large-300x259.jpg 300w, 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