The Table Rock Depot in 1876, the year that C. W. Chambers became the depot agent. He was 23 years old. Chambers is the gent labeled as #3. #1 is Ed Ryan, who was a section chief, and #2 is Nick Goodenkauf. No one else is identified. This photograph is displayed in the Table Rock Train Museum. You can get a tour of that and other museums by calling Suzanne Ellis, 816-853-2442.
The One-Legged Woman Along in the summer of ’76 one day when the south-bound freight with Conductor Filson pulled in, they brought the caboose down to the station and unloaded a one-legged woman on crutches, and it was quite a job. The platform was the same height as the caboose platform and it was some straddle even for an active man.
With this woman was a long, stringy, sandy-complected man with …
