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1 story matching roadb
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:road, roadblock, roadsid, roadway, roam, roan
- The Sliding Hill: Railroad Abandoning Prosser
A shifting, unstable hill beneath the tracks forces the Northern Pacific to build an expensive eight-mile detour, threatening to bypass the town of Prosser.