The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg Railroad

"The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburgh Railroad" by Edward Hungerford tells the tale of a railway system and its big effect on Northern New York in the early 1900s. It's a look into how the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburgh Railroad grew and changed the area's transportation. The book shows the tough times and victories of making this railroad work, focusing on the people involved and how their communities changed because of it. It starts by explaining how hard it was to get around Northern New York before the railroad came along, with bumpy coach rides and not-so-great canals. Then, it talks about how the railroad was born as a solution to these transportation problems, thanks to some brave locals who dreamed big and made it happen, even when things got tricky with money and politics, leading to huge changes in how people moved around the region.