tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14456380.post3202713117386465536..comments2023-11-05T12:17:32.979-08:00Comments on Lost Rail: Legacy in the CanyonLinesWesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256267359329575594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14456380.post-84022963314967909692009-04-20T06:50:00.000-07:002009-04-20T06:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for the additional background and positive ...Thanks for the additional background and positive feedback Robert. I hadn't run across the story behind the naming of Maudlow but enjoyed your telling of it.<br /><br />As for a book - well, I've thought about it and even intend to do it, but I'm not sure when. I shopped a book briefly a few years ago but didn't have any takers. I think the best bet might be one of the on-line do it yourself publishers. Any thoughts?<br /><br />Thanks again - LelandLinesWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256267359329575594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14456380.post-74623223347905225252009-04-18T23:03:00.000-07:002009-04-18T23:03:00.000-07:00And as to the name “Jawbone Railroad,” as applied ...And as to the name “Jawbone Railroad,” as applied to the Montana Railroad Company, that nickname grew out of the “fast talking” or “jawboning” Richard Harlow had to do talking himself out of a number of bankruptcies, dealing with annoyed ranchers, soft talking fuming construction workers, and frequent construction tribulations!Robert in Port Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807813545873570119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14456380.post-45088968852362981072009-04-18T11:01:00.000-07:002009-04-18T11:01:00.000-07:00Great piece of history, Leland. I always look forw...Great piece of history, Leland. I always look forward to your postings. Did you check out the gas pump? It would have been around 61-9 in 1961. This stretch of Milwaukee Road came easy for them - buying up the Montana RR Company in 1908. MRRC was constructed by Richard Harlow, a visionary from Virginia, who came out west seeking his piece of the pie. In 1895 he plotted out his rail line, naming Maudlow after his wife "Maud" and the end of his last name - "low." Do I see a coffee table book in your future?Robert in Port Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807813545873570119noreply@blogger.com