Thursday, October 1, 2026

The Plum Creek Wreck of 1918

Posted 11/15/21

January 15, 1918, was a Tuesday. It dawned cloudy and cold with several inches of snow already on the ground. In Beloit, 26 passengers and 6 crew members climbed aboard the Union Pacific train bound …

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