Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
October 2, 1872 The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway (DPSP&P) was incorporated with 2.5 million dollars in capital in what was then the Colorado Territory. The original trustees for this narrow gauge railway were Walter S. Cheesman, Frederick A. Clark, Henry Crow, Leonard H. Eicholtz, John Evans, John Hughes, Charles B. Kountze, Donald H.... Continue Reading →
September 21, 1856 The Illinois Central Railroad (IC) became the world’s longest railroad up to that time with the official completion of 705 miles (1,134.6 kilometers) of tracks. The southernmost point for that railroad was the city of Cairo. The IC line coursed north from that city, which is at the southern tip of Illinois, to... Continue Reading →
September 21, 1969 In the southeast corner of Minnesota, a public use airport in Houston County was officially dedicated. Houston County Airport is located three miles (five kilometers) south of the central business district of the city of Caledonia, which serves as that county’s seat. The public officials attending the dedication ceremony for the airport... Continue Reading →
September 20, 1830 Point Lookout Light in southern Maryland was formally inaugurated. This structure, marking the mouth of the Potomac River, is located at the southernmost tip of the state’s western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. (The origins of the name “Point Lookout” can be traced to the War of 1812, when that area was... Continue Reading →
September 19, 2005 In downtown Salt Lake City, a newly completed light rail station in the median of 200 West between 800 South and 900 South made its official debut. The 900 South Station serves all three lines -- Blue, Red, and Green -- of TRAX, a regional light rail system operated by the Utah... Continue Reading →
September 14, 1993 The two-millionth Ski-Doo snowmobile was manufactured in the city of Valcourt in QuĂ©bec, Canada, approximately 34 years after Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907-1964) introduced that pioneering vehicle. Bombardier, a mechanic who had built his first snow-friendly vehicle in 1935 in a small repair shop in Valcourt, developed Ski-Doo as a faster and more lightweight... Continue Reading →
September 13, 2015 On the West Side of Manhattan, a newly built subway station in the neighborhood of Hudson Yards was officially opened. The 34th Street-Hudson Yards station is part of the New York City Subway’s IRT Flushing Line, which is named for its eastern terminus in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens.... Continue Reading →
September 11, 2001 The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 individuals in the vicinity of the World Trade Center in the southernmost part of New York City’s borough of Manhattan; the Pentagon in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area; and – where a hijacked... Continue Reading →
September 7, 1903 The Federation of American Motorcyclists (FAM) was formed in New York City. More specifically, a total of 93 motorcyclists meeting at the clubhouse of the Kings County Wheelmen in Brooklyn agreed to band together as an advocacy group. New York resident R.G. Betts was elected to serve as FAM’s first president. This... Continue Reading →
September 6, 1936 In Oregon, the Yaquina Bay Bridge -- nearly a month before its official dedication ceremony -- was opened to traffic on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend starting at 8:00 a.m. This 3,260-foot (990-meter)-long arch bridge carries U.S. Highway 1 (formally classified as the Oregon Coast Highway) over a section of Yaquina Bay... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 