The Middleburg/Mason-Dixon Line Historical Society | Monthly Meeting

Thursday February 15th, 2024 * 7:00 PM

The Middleburg/Mason-Dixon Line Historical Society will meet at the State Line Ruritan Building, 15481 Park Drive, located off Route 11 at the State Line, PA Community Park.

Guest speaker is M.L. “Mike” Marotte III from Chambersburg, PA.

Mr. Marotte is an author of books and pamphlets on local history, columnist of “Time Traveler” in the Hagerstown Magazine, radio talk show host about local history on 103.7 FM, and a certified Tourism Ambassador/Instructor in Franklin County, PA.

The program will be “Riding the Rails on the Cumberland Valley Railroad.”

Come and hear about the Cumberland Valley Railroad from its charter in 1831 to the Pennsylvania Railroad absorbing the line in 1919, steam locomotives, the major accomplishments of the C.V.R.R. during its operation, and the notable management that made the line a huge success.

The public is invited, free.  Visit www.middleburgmasondixon.org or call 301.739.0357.