You are likely correct, but Mother did not mention him. On Apr 9, 2015, at 4:17 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Didn't Charles Lindbergh give rides in mail planes? > > On Thu, 2015-04-09 at 15:23 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote: >> My mother, born 1905 on the NH/Maine border, grew up as a Bangor/Boston = >> girl. >> Her father was a traveling hardware salesman. Although he had a car, = >> almost all travel >> between Bost/Bangor was more convenient and reliable by rail, she said. >> >> One of her anecdotes about her life as a young girl was about the time a >> biplane was brought to a Bangor summer fair by rail. >> >> The plane gave rides for a fee to the daring. >> >> On Apr 9, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Rather a fascinating map. It's interesting to see the proliferation = >> of >>> lines in the area. The map does not provide a key, however, so I = >> assume >>> that the dark heavy lines are the Boston-Maine lines and all the = >> others >>> represent various other railroad companies, rather like telephone >>> companies carving out their own little niches. >>> =20 >>> On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 16:10 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote: >>>> Here=3D92s a 1888 B&M rail map: >>>> =20 >>>> http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps900044-24538.html >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >> >> Fred Harwood >> Linwood Cottage >> Sheffield Fred Harwood Linwood Cottage Sheffield