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Prairie rider Julia Peden halts danger on burning bridge
Julia Peden a fifteen year old Eastern Montana rider rode four miles to alert a north coast train during a bridge fire. She used her pony Kitter to outrun and stop the locomotive, earning a railway testimonial and community praise amid family pride and letters from kinfolk across the country.
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Julia Peden
Montana
North Coast Limited
Sted
Jim
Standard
Home
Miles City
Signal Butte
Gray
Gray J. D
Julia
Dave Peden
Joe
Kuter
Mack D
Dave
Kitchen
David
Michigan
New Mexico
Julie
Leonard
Kater
Mellen
Hiter Jutta
Northern Pacific Express Company
Little and West
Maid
Atlantic
Pacific
D. D. Peden
Fairview Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
Pedens
David Peden
Mary McDill
Hersel
L. A. Huffman