Re: (erielack) Re: (LVRR) 20th Century Hobbies Newsletter

["Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>]

Hence the Erie Canal's nickname "Clinton's Ditch".

Tom B
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From: "Robert John Davis" <trains_@_robertjohndavis.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:01 PM
Subject: (erielack) Re: (LVRR) 20th Century Hobbies Newsletter


> Joe,
>
> Better get that history book out. Clinton was the governor and a US
Senator
> of New York. He was one of the chief bureaucrats behind the Erie Canal.
>
> Clinton, NJ (formerly Hunt's Mill) is one of at least 25 towns named
Clinton
> after the NY gov.
>
> There are many DeWitt's around the country, too. He was a national hero in
> the early 1800's.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On 5/14/02 11:57 AM, "The Jordans" <jjordan_@_blast.net> wrote:
>
> > The Dewitt Clinton Train set has been re-released by Bachmann.
> > This is a great little complete set for under the Xmas tree or just
> > for "playing around".  We have a fondness for this train because
> > here in Clinton, New Jersey, the town was named after the same man,
> > DeWitt Clinton, once governor of New Jersey.  Rumors that our town
> > was named after the "more recent, other" Clinton are false.
>
>

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