The picture on the left shows Shanty-town which would have been in the location of Brunet. The housing is on the right, depot appears to be on the left, and in the distance a load is being transferred on or off of a buckboard wagon. Smaller communities like Brunet just disappeared when the work dissipated and the people had to move to find other sources of income. Eventually the area where the Brunet depot was would host service to a company in the 60's called Fireproof and I believe a lumber yard. Fireproof manufactured panels used for fire barriers in buildings, and other similar products. One could speculate that raw materials were delivered by rail including asbestos for manufacturing, as well as shipments of fire resistant sheets used in construction. Brunet eventually became the turnaround for engines after 1943 when the track was abandoned between Cornell and Holcombe. The 1980's map at the left shows the "Y" turnaround where brunet originally was.
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Doug Stoll