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My hometown, Butler, WI, was named "TRAIN TOWN USA"

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My hometown, Butler, WI, was named "TRAIN TOWN USA"
Posted by butleryard on Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:52 PM

Here in my hometown, Butler, WI, we were named "TRAIN TOWN USA" by the Union Pacific Railroad!

http://www.jsonline.com/news/w...5s975-160082365.html

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Posted by KRM on Monday, June 25, 2012 12:10 PM

Butleryard,

Nice and interesting article !!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, June 25, 2012 2:33 PM

Very interesting article and quite a distinction for a town that never had a train pass through it.

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