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| | Walton House Closing Recalls Days of Old |
 | | Comes the sudden rattle and rumble of planks in the old bridge, spanning West Branch Delaware River, and all hands rush to the street, expectant, tense, waiting... |
 | | That is at the corner of Delaware and Bridge, where the old Smith tavern, two and a half-story wooden structure rises majestically, centered in spacious grounds. |
 | | Then, in 1872, the Oswego and Midland railroad, now the O and W, was completed through southern and western Delaware County, reaching from Weekawken to the Great Lakes, with Walton once of the principal stops on the main line, and Delhi, the terminal of the Delhi branch. |
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