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Right of Way and Track Map for Illinois Traction Inc., Operated by Illinois Terminal Company - Brush College Rd to 2 Miles East Across Lake Decatur (12/31/1928, revised 3/7/1933)
This map shows the right of way and track of the Illinois Traction Inc. from Brush College Rd. to 2 miles east across Lake Decatur. Illinois Traction Inc was operated by Illinois Terminal Company. The map also shows the Wabash Railway track.
Riverside Park
These are photos of Riverside Park. The photos were taken by Decatur Herald or Daily Review around 1900.
Roads--Macon County --Sampe Road 1910
Roads--"Macon County--Sampe Road--1910. Part of Sampe Road, made by Highway commissioner Palmer of Hickory Point, running east from Bloomington Road, a mile north of the race track. Road drag used regularly. Best road in county. Photo by E.T.C.,…
Robert C. Doake
Photograph of Robert C. Doake (d. 11/22/1945). He was the co-owner of the former Chapman-Doake Co. which was one of Decatur's oldest grain processing and dealer firms. The company gave its milling business in 1935 after a fire destroyed its mill…
Robert F. Watt
Photograph of Robert F. Watt, Vice President of Parke & Son, Inc. of Decatur. When the firm was re-organized in 1947, merging the Parke Warehouses and Parke & Son Co. into the Parke & Sons Inc., he was made vice president of the company. He joined…