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Railcars of Rabbits
Andy Pugh
00:00 / 00:41
Interviewer(s):
Brody McCurdy, Mia Shang, Walt Wolfram
Date of Interview:
July 21, 2021
Transcript:
"That term actually came from, I'm not sure when, but during the Depression this place was renown for it's abundance of rabbits and local lore is they would fill up rail cars where the rail car depot was right down here and send them all over the country as table fare. I've seen some pictures of it but I mean, after that, it got turned into, I think kind of a, of a slang term for somebody from Chatham. They might have been a "Chatham Rabbit." But then after that, people kinda took it on as a mascot too."
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