Bison Rail
Railfan &
Historical Society
                                          by Jay Thomson
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Bison Rail,
           Bison Rail started when some settlers were claiming their land and four men stumbled upon a huge tree deep in the woods. This tree for each man, meant something different. Firewood, a barn, fencing for his horses, and a cabin. This tree stood right on the United States Teritories and Canada. This could have turned ugly, each man claiming it but something unusall happen that day. Instead of an argument, a gunfight, they all seen it as fate. Instead, these men shared thier wisky, shared thier tobacco, and more importantly shared thier dreams. As all fate would have it, they shared the same dream, trains and prosperity.
 
         So in the deep woods of this land in the 1800s, Bison Rail was born from an idea, a respect among men. They started with a simple narrow gauge, hiring the perfect hard working people, seeking advice and not afraid to give anything a try and to get thier hands dirty. Not afraid to grab a thottle when it was needed.
 
          Forward to the present day, these men great, great, great grandsons still run the Railroad and in different parts of the world. They have prospered well over the years by keeping to thier heritage rules. Keep it simple, work hard, work with people not for, and enjoy what you are doing and to never lose track that it took everyone to make things possable.
 
           What happend to that faithfull tree ? The rumor has it, it still stands today.
 
 
 
  
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Monon Historical Society
 
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