Paw-Paw Patch and the Railroad

In the early 1950s, Chrysler Corporation decided to build a stamping plant in Twinsburg.  Trains were needed to bring in raw materials and take out the finished products.  The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) needed to run a track from the main line up to Twinsburg, but the route they needed went through Camp Margaret Bates, in the portion known as the Paw-Paw Patch.  The result of discussions between the railroad and the Cleveland Council are described in this letter: