Re: NNG Tom Mix on The D&RGW

Ironically- Cowboy Tom Mix was born in rural Pennsylvania very close to Driftwood, PA where todays BPRR, WNY&P and Norfolk Southern all interchange traffic-

Thomas Hezikiah Mix was born January 6, 1880 in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, about 62 miles (100 km) north of State College, Pennsylvania, to Edwin Elias Mix (February 22, 1854 – November 29, 1927) and Elizabeth Heistand (November 1858 – July 25, 1937). He grew up in nearby DuBois, Pennsylvania, where his father, a stable master for a wealthy lumber merchant, taught him to ride and love horses.[2] He spent time working on a local farm owned by John DuBois, a lumber businessman. He had dreams of being in the circus and was rumored to have been caught by his parents practicing knife-throwing tricks against a wall, using his sister as an assistant.