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| Chad Sloatman posted Toni Perkins: The lumbermill burnt down decades ago when my grandparents owned it. But the grain mill with their sign still stands! |
Note the Wayne Feeds sign at the top.
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| Matt Brinkmeier commented on Chad's post Walk by it everyday on the Jane Addam's [Trail] |
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| Ryan Rokey commented on Chad's post Hey I know this one |
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| Terry Werntz commented on Chad's post Found in Scioto Mills |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Chad's post "street view:" https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q5hSeP5vsmnwjj218 |
The Jane Adams Trail is on a former branch of the Illinois Central.
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| 1944 Freeport Quad @ 62,500 |
Today's Pecatonica River used to be called Richland Creek, and that powered a grist mill and a sawmill, which were built in 1850-1851. The grist mill was town down in 1924, and a flood destroyed the dam so the mill pond disappeared. The general store that was built when the railroad arrived by 1887. Later, it became The Blue Room. [JaneAdamsTrail]
Several comments on Chad's post talked about "The Blue Room." It was a bar. "The bar opened in 1933 and closed in 1981" [JournalStandard]
The building is still standing.
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| Street View, Aug 2023 |
This town was on the trunk of two branches that went North into Wisconsin.
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| 1939 Freeport Quad @ 62,500 via Dennis DeBruler |
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