Railroading in Westchester, NS

Railroading in Westchester, NS

   CCGS Publication Number 2    Price   $10.00+ S & H
   ISBN 0-9733643-3-5
   29 pages, Indexed
   8 ½” X 11″

Teresa Webb was the author of “Railroading in Westchester”. She was a school teacher on Westchester Mountain (The Cross Road) for many years, as well as a local historian for the Westchester area and a correspondent for the Oxford Journal, Halifax Herald and the Amherst Daily News. Her husband, John Harris Webb, was an employee of the Railroad for more than 30 years.

Permission to publish this book by the Cumberland County Genealogical Society was given by her daughter Miss Helen Webb, currently of Westchester, Nova Scotia. A Surname Index is included with a cross reference to the page on which the name appears.

This manuscript was written in April 1970.
Typed and proofread by members of CCGS

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    CCGS regular meeting will be on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 7 p.m., at Col. James Layton Ralston Armoury, 36 Acadia St., Amherst, NS

After a brief general meeting, a guided tour of the Nova Scotia Highlander Regimental Museum: with Ray Coulson.

"The museum has three rooms packed with artifacts from the Great War up to the present time. A variety of badges and medals can be found on display dating back to the First World War, as well as lithographs by Group of Seven artist Arthur Lismer."

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Railroading in Westchester, NS

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