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Best Friend on Luke Street in Summerville






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Courtesy Steve Fox                          

                                In Conover, NC courtesy Donald E. Barker                              

Best Friend on Wall Street in NYC
December 2005



DRAWINGS







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 Trains were often used in army maneuvers as seen here on the South Carolina Railroad in the early 1830's,
and the Best Friend was one of them.

Sources: Railroads, Praeger; Railroads and The Character of America 1820-1887, Ward; The Worlds Railway, Pangborn.
Some photos are from the collection of Frank Moore and  some are courtesy of his research on behalf od the CCNRHS.