Matt Overstake posted a couple of photos. I was surprised that he posted in the "Milwaukee Road In Indiana" group because Cherry, IL is about half way across Illinois towards Iowa. I have heard of the Cherry Mine having a disaster, but I have yet to research it. (Update: "Harold J. Krewer The infamous mine at Cherry, IL (where 259 miners died in a 1909 fire)")
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| 1941 Aerial Photo from ILHAP, Ladd, IL |
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| A closeup of the north side of Ladd |
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| Jack Rooney posted I am originally from Cherry, Illinois...site of great 1909 mine disaster. The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad established Cherry specifically to provide goal for their line. Here is a photo of the depot at Cherry.....kind of unique with those two doors at the end. Know that Olgesby, IL and Gratiot, WI also had same depot. Wondered if anyone has ever seen another somewhere? Trenton Dominy: The depot location is now a modern day house. David Hochstetter: Looks like a big station for such small town. Jack Rooney: David Hochstetter True, I went to Gratiot just to see it....I paced it off and it was like 30 feet wide and 90 feet long. It was said that the thought was that Cherry would grow to be large.....but the coal industry went the other direction just ten years later. I don't remember the depot in Cherry. An old timer in Cherry told me when I was a kid something like "there isn't a house in Cherry that doesn't have a few boards from the depot in it." |
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| Jack Rooney posted, rotated C,M, St.P depot in my home town Cherry Illinois. Unique style I think with those double doors. Very large....approx 30' x 90'. Saw photos of same style at Olgesby Illinois....no longer there and Graciot Wisconsin, still there. Anyone ever see this style anywhere else? Richard Fiedler shared Richard Fiedler shared |
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