Illinois historical maps and atlases historic map works. Maquets rail house 221 court st, pekin, illinois 61554 rated 4. As we saw previously, cheevers home at the corner of capitol and court streets was a depot on the underground railroad, by which runaway slaves were helped to escape to freedom and safety in canada. Jim was born in peoria on august 22, 1929, the son of joseph and hazel alberts ritter. The peoria route this is a comprehensive history of a railroad that operated between pekin, illinois, peoria to rock island. Daniel cheever of pekin and the woodrow brothers, samuel and hugh. Railroads, the pioneers building americas transportation backbone, and more. Includes history and genealogy for the cities of pekin, washington, morton, tremont, delavan, hopedale. Perhaps more than any other state illinois railroads include a history like any. From january 2019 to today print with this information from the online link.
Image result for pekin illinois pekin illinois, trains, gazebo, houses, outdoor structures. Microfilm of old newspapers is available in the local history room from 1914 through december 2018. Click on one of the categories below to see related documents or use the search function. James ritter obituary pekin, il peoria journal star. If you dont have a library card, you can apply online and receive login credentials to access all of our digital content. It covered in mostly readable fashion an extremely important element of american history. This week well turn our attention to one of pekin s neighbors to the south, green valley, with the help of another published history in the local history room collection the green valley quasquicentennial volume, green valley, illinois, celebrates 125 years, 18721997, also titled, quasquicentennial. We encourage our cardholders to use our digital collection and eresources during this closure. The old line from pekin thru tremont whos line was that.
The predecessor railroad to the tzpr was the peoria and pekin union railway ppu that began operating in illinois in 1881. The company also owns a rail bridge over the river. Its main yard and roundhouse are in east peoria, illinois, and it owns track on. Santa fe railway historical and modeling society, 2016. I was reading an excellent book on the expansion and contraction of the prr. Its main yard and roundhouse are in east peoria, illinois, and it owns track on both sides of the illinois river. Tazewell county, illinois history genealogy maps pekin, il. The illinois division of the santa fe railway arizona hobbies. Green valleys long and fertile history pekin daily times.
Peoria and pekin union railway news newspapers books. Highlights of pekin and tazewell county history, from the local history room of. Mark parks passed away at the age of 67 in pekin, illinois. Driving the ohio river scenic byway part 1 cairo, il and fort defiance state park duration. Three years ago, this column surveyed the history of the precivil war slavery abolition movement in pekin, spotlighting dr. The event is sponsored by the illinois valley model railroad club in peoria and pekins river city model railroad club. Within the atlases are 191,165 historical maps, illustrations, and histories many of which contain family names ideal for genealogical research. A us coast guard report states that this bridge is the second most frequently struck bridge in the us, with 95 collisions between 1992 and 2001. Index gives the date, page number and column of obituaries printed in the times from 1914 to present. James ritter pekin james anthony ritter, 89, died at his home in pekin on tuesday, may 14, 2019. Abandoned peoria trains magazine trains news wire, railroad.
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