{"id":556,"date":"2019-11-09T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:27:13","slug":"the-wreck-of-the-old-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"The Wreck Of The Old &#8217;97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Old_97_wreck_at_Stillhouse_Trestle_in_Virginia_-_1903_2-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Old_97_wreck_at_Stillhouse_Trestle_in_Virginia_-_1903_2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Old_97_wreck_at_Stillhouse_Trestle_in_Virginia_-_1903_2.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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