Rice_Lake,_Dallas_and_Menomonie_Railway

Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie Railway

Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie Railway

Railway company

The Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie Railway (RLD&M) was a railroad company based in Wisconsin, United States. It was known locally as "the Blueberry Line" due to the abundance of blueberry vines along its route.[1]

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The RLD&M was chartered on February 9, 1893, and built a 7.52-mile long (12.10 km)[2] connection from Rice Lake to Cameron; construction began on October 16,[3] and the line began operations on February 22, 1894.[4] In the Summer of 1899, surveyors began work to extend the line from Cameron to Menomonie, with the first surveys taking place on August 23.[5] Construction continued through Barron in 1900[6] such that by the end of the year, a second line connecting Barron and Ridgeland was completed.[7] Ridgeland was as far south as the RLD&M was to reach before its absorption.[8] The RLD&M was purchased by the Soo Line in 1900,[9] then was fully absorbed by 1901.[10]

The railroad's president was George Fuller, vice president was George Morehouse Huss[11] and secretary and treasurer was J.E. Horsman.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rice Lake Tower – Historical Railroad Geography Series". Travis Dewitz. December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
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    Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department (1897). Biennial Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin. p. 45. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Google Books.
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    "New Railroad in Wisconsin". The Weekly Wisconsin. October 21, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    Poor's Manual of Railroads. Vol. 33. H.V. & H. W. Poor. 1901. p. 338. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Google Books.
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    "Work on New Road: Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie Line Construction to Begin at Once". The Weekly Wisconsin. August 26, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    "Railroad Rumblings". The Saint Paul Globe. July 22, 1900. p. 13. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    Gordon, Newton S., ed. (1922). History of Barron County, Wisconsin. Vol. 1. H.C. Cooper, Jr., & Company. p. 5. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Google Books.
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    "Wisconsin". The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, MN. October 23, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    "A 100-year Timeline History of The Soo Line Railroad and it's [sic] Predecessors". August 28, 1999. Retrieved March 30, 2016. (sourced to "A Brief History of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad . . . The 'Soo Line'", by Jim Lydon, as it appeared in Suprey, Leslie V. (1962). Steam Trains of the Soo.)
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    "More Taxes from Railroads". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. March 2, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    Biographic Directory: The Railway Officials of America. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. 1901. p. 272. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Google Books.
  12. [12]
    Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Dept (1900). Biennial Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin. publisher not identified. p. 233. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Internet Archive. Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie Railroad.

Further reading

  • Colby, Arlyn; Wundrock, Bob (2013). The Blueberry Line: the history of the Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie Railway. Barron, WI: Arlyn Colby. OCLC 859342257.
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