From: laro@idworld.net   
      
   "Steve Grimm"  wrote in message   
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   > "GTT"  wrote in message   
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   > > I mean, there is something to be said for keeping questions related to   
   the   
   > > newsgroup's purpose.   That Chicago post did seem pretty far off topic.   
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   > Not as far off as one might think.  It was the railroads built out of   
   Chicago, combined with the stockyards and slaughter houses   
   > which brought the cattle drives to the railheads.   It was Pullman   
   building his railcars in Chicago furnishing the railroads with   
   > passengers.  I'm sure there are other things in Chicago which had an   
   effect on the west.   
      
   Point taken, Steve.  MY point was to take issue with Coalbunny's flat   
   statement.  And that was primarily in fun.  I do not believe any question is   
   okay, but you're correct that Chicago did play a role in the old west, which   
   it ain't, by the way, for the record.   
      
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