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More Than a Whistle Stop, which features more than 125 snapshots and illustrations, is the oral history story of life in a mid-century railroad village. Were population a factor, the whistle would have stopped signaling its location long ago, but mid-century Lamy, New Mexico, was a major stop on the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad's mainline from Chicago to Los Angeles. Relax and enjoy snapshots and stories of mid-century life in a railr...

Adventure is often nothing more than the courageous opening of an unknown door, hoping for more than one has and making the best of what one finds. The American frontier was a door of hope for generations of Americans. One hopeful young man--Richens Lacy Wootton, later dubbed "Uncle Dick"--figured if he could work his way West, he'd enjoy adventure and earn enough to return home to a more comfortable life than he could otherwise afford. Many d...