Trolley Car Station Traditional Cache
hamfolk: We are archiving this cache. It's a wonderful piece of history but we will no longer perform maintenance on it.
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Picture yourself going back to the early 1900's and standing at a trolley stop to take you to town. In 1912, Myers Park was the first "suburb" to have a running trolly car system that took individuals on a loop to town and then back to Myers Park. This was planned by J.S.Myers for which Myers Park is named. He is known for buying farmland in the community and with help, came up with a street system where housing sprawled and mansions were constructed. He also was instrumental in planting trees along Queens Road. His friend John Nolen was instrumental in creating Longhollow Park which today is Edgehill Park. Nolen was the builder of these trolley car stations, making them out of stone and some in their heyday were elaborate. Just standing under one makes you wonder what stories it could tell, what weather it has endured.You also think about the people who boarded these trolley cars to take them to work or into town for shopping.
If you want to find out about these preserved streetcar shelters of which there are only three left in the city, you can log on to www.cmhpf.org/kids/neighborhoods/MyersPark.html
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