Transportation
The roads that were built in Fairland were not very accountable. They had all kinds of debris and rubish in the roads. The debris went from big tree roots to big tree stumps, which made it very difficut to take a horse and buggy on. The roads were mainly only used in the summer, spring and fall. It was nearly impossible to go on these roads in the winter time. More and more roads were added eventually, but the main road that is still used today runs north and south is Michigan Road. An unusal and interesting fact I thought was that toll roads were introduced in our area. The toll road spanded from Michigan Road to the Red Mills. In 1883 a big change was amoungst Shelby County, the toll roads were cut and were turned into a public highways. Next the railroads were becoming a means of transportation. Indianapolis Cincinnati, St. Louis and Lafayette are all apart of what was called "The Big Four". The Big Four connected Shelby County to the most important cities in the midwest. When I asked Mr. Bud Mendenhall about the huge train wreck in Fairland, Indiana, he says " I can remember seeing it, but I wasn't invovled in it. It was a mess." I am not postitive what year the train wreck was but it setback a lot of shipments. There were several train wrecks, some were fatal. On July 24, 1952 Fairland residents petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission and the railroad authorities to install utomatic flashers at all crossings in the town (Gray 36). All that the train conductor had to warn any on coming cars or people was a bell, that many didn't ever hear. After a bunch of legal problems were handled construction began on the saftey lights. Going from dirt roads with roots all up in it to roads still used to day and train tracks that are still there all of these are big accomplishments.
The roads that were built in Fairland were not very accountable. They had all kinds of debris and rubish in the roads. The debris went from big tree roots to big tree stumps, which made it very difficut to take a horse and buggy on. The roads were mainly only used in the summer, spring and fall. It was nearly impossible to go on these roads in the winter time. More and more roads were added eventually, but the main road that is still used today runs north and south is Michigan Road. An unusal and interesting fact I thought was that toll roads were introduced in our area. The toll road spanded from Michigan Road to the Red Mills. In 1883 a big change was amoungst Shelby County, the toll roads were cut and were turned into a public highways. Next the railroads were becoming a means of transportation. Indianapolis Cincinnati, St. Louis and Lafayette are all apart of what was called "The Big Four". The Big Four connected Shelby County to the most important cities in the midwest. When I asked Mr. Bud Mendenhall about the huge train wreck in Fairland, Indiana, he says " I can remember seeing it, but I wasn't invovled in it. It was a mess." I am not postitive what year the train wreck was but it setback a lot of shipments. There were several train wrecks, some were fatal. On July 24, 1952 Fairland residents petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission and the railroad authorities to install utomatic flashers at all crossings in the town (Gray 36). All that the train conductor had to warn any on coming cars or people was a bell, that many didn't ever hear. After a bunch of legal problems were handled construction began on the saftey lights. Going from dirt roads with roots all up in it to roads still used to day and train tracks that are still there all of these are big accomplishments.
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