This week in Odessa history

Apple and silk trains were curiosities in the 1920'sThe trains that used to go through Odessa, even those that streaked through without stopping, were always of interest to early day residents.

From the beginning until about the middle of the last century, Odessa depended on the railroad. Odessa was a regular stop for local-service passenger trains. Express trains could be flagged with advance arrangements to pick up passengers traveling to the East, as long as their destination was to points beyond Helena, Mont.

A number of Odessaites turned out Monday to see the Great Northern’s first 100-ca...