HAPPY BIRTHDAY MENA!!! On this date 117 years ago--Aug. 19, - TopicsExpress



          

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MENA!!! On this date 117 years ago--Aug. 19, 1896--the first passenger train (then it was the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf RR; now Kansas City Southern RR) rolled into Mena, Arkansas. Mena was named after Folmina Margaretha Janssen DeGoeijen (1866-1962), who was the wife of Dutch investor Jan DeGoeijen. The Dutch investors helped invest money so that the railroad could be built through this part of Arkansas.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:02:23 +0000

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