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mill shipped out its product on the railroad. A train stopped once a day, heading north one day and south the next, and carrying passengers of course, since the roads were terrible. Herb Duel, Sr. installed the first telephones in 1910, with a switchboard in the Hotel Walter. Lacy brought the first
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516:23.6%
501:30.9%
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223:UTC-6
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1235:Rusk
1200:Grow
1142:Tony
1075:City
984:2015
962:2012
932:2011
869:2008
841:2020
816:2012
774:2020
612:2010
597:2000
582:1990
567:1980
552:1970
537:1960
522:1950
507:1940
492:1930
477:1920
465:Note
460:Pop.
352:Ford
347:lath
315:Jump
274:GNIS
151:Area
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674:or
629:214
616:237
601:256
586:268
571:292
556:218
541:240
526:271
511:199
496:161
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