๐ธGriffith Historical Society members work on putting together a two-sided Display Board showing photos and info from Griffith High Schoolโs 100 years.
โกFrom left to right are Debby Hoot, Karen Kulinski, Martha Gatlin, and Nancy Stout.
๐ซWhen the board is finished, it will be taken to the High School and put on display there!
๐ปWe’ll work on sharing digital copies here and our Facebook page as well!
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐!!
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ!
๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ. ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐. ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐๐, ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐!
๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ข๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ธ.
๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ!
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐!!
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ!
๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐ฟ๐ท๐ท, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ $๐,๐๐๐ โ $๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ,๐ถ๐ถ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ขโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข. ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐.
๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ!
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
In the olden days, a train equipped with a wedge plow in front of the engine cleared snow from the tracks. Clearing snow from around railroad depots, towers, and other outbuildings, like the Griffith watchmanโs shanty shown here, was done by railroad workers with shovels, as in this photo.
In truth, most of what was done in the early days of railroading was done by hand. Tracks were all laid by hand. Heavy wooden ties and steel rails were carried by two men, using special equipment, and put into place on the trackbed. Then, the men used a spike maul, similar to a sledge-hammer, to attach the rail to the ties by driving huge nails, called spikes, into the wood.
Tunnels though mountains were built by hand, too, by men like John Henry, the legendary steel-driving man. A steel-driver pounded out holes in the mountain, into which blasting powder was poured and lit with a fuse. Not one of the tools any of these men used had an electrical cord at the end of them.
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