Did you know about Cousin Clinton? Cousin Clinton worked in the mail car on the Pennsylvania Rail Road. [True fact - Once he carried a chicken which roasted by Mrs. Edgar (May Nee: Cartwright) Bowman in a little unincorporated area known as Mountain Dale to her daughter, Ruth, who was working in what was then called Women's Hospital in Philadelphia.]

The old Pennsylvania Rail Road has a long curving section with a steep grade between Cresson Springs and Altoona. Cousin Clinton worked in the mail car along that section of track. Once upon a time he was riding the rail and working and the train wrecked on a curve, near and visible from the present roadbed of Route 22 above Holidaysburg.

Cousin Clinton was trapped in the mail car, hanging upside down by his legs for 24 hours. Because of all the paper in the car, the rescue team could not torch the metal to cut him loose. Cousin Clinton was finally freed but died from the physical trauma.

And you thought working in the post office has become dangerous recently.

We know some of Cousin Clinton’s grandchildren. They are as old as we are.