"Making Yellow Sparks over the Bluegrass" by Charles Bogart

Finding traction to stay on track

A Kentucky history buff finds his passion in the hunt for obscure facts and artifacts in the narrow field of study about trolley service between big towns.

Charles H. Bogart graduated from Thomas More College with a BA in History. He lives in Frankfort, Kentucky, where he is a docent at the Fort Boone Civil War Battle Site and a Conductor at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum. He has authored a number of books and articles on railroad, Civil War, and Western River history. He is president of the CSXT Historical Society and the Frankfort Civil War Roundtable.