1 20 89 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/cce306430e62900f63a6c90bfc641480.jpg 8756ca3f38f99a2c040ff99698431565 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medallion: 1st Multimode System Cutover, Sugar Grove, August 23, 1983. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 23, 1983 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/90f629fca7884139bd4165bc1756ec04.jpg e796481da51ea54bf7b366927609dafc https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/28276bfc37deccd66078ba417e10dcfa.jpg 8a9f6a3ea1c0da4abb04859430660645 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/95addf25f9dfcdd176ec5f7700e44a12.jpg 762cb70739c3ed67b471988eff2136c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aurora Municipal Airport: Former location of Bolster Family Homestead. Description An account of the resource The plaque on the large granite stone reads: "BOLSTER. This hitching rock was recovered from the field and moved by two yoke of oxen and stoneboat to the cabin of Artemus Bolster who homesteaded Indian Land in 1844 on Wheeler Road. Seven generations of the family have lived at that site until it was taken by the Aurora Airport. Lyle Bolster and Charles Bolster 1994." The Hitching Rock is located in the Sugar Grove Cemetery. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/02e10121819e0a942729de384b8e77f9.jpg da4ef53fc95549e9156222a1b506f13f https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/0d006ad3a6e84e23c5a2568425083e21.jpg da4ef53fc95549e9156222a1b506f13f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Tracks running through Sugar Grove: 1994 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/90c9457bb03ee42c982f85e638bf3acd.jpg 9cf71009a9b4e45971e554522cb311fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CB&Q Railroad, Sugar Grove, Illinois: Steam Engine Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson Subject The topic of the resource Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d38043b74397c2f9704b6e4cdf1f73e5.jpg bc4fa66c10a30de282092681a2f4395a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BNSF Engine and Sugar Grove Water Tower Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tim Wilson Subject The topic of the resource Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Engine https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/1064d6e92294c48c8386597f6377c134.jpg 9763c92c2ac408cb5778069e03823d8c https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/13e78746c30ac2de7c03917cef1b9847.jpg 67cb78b8865221fe3e9693416d045177 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/61f92bb34db19f535c782530e4bd2743.jpg bf473714c6355d84b1b8b17655e12eb4 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/883806066440474e6e705f847c74899c.jpg c73f41222a48950004a87dc8d32dab52 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove CB&Q Railroad Depot and Post Office, 1940s Description An account of the resource The photo depicts CB&Q Railroad [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad] depot at Sugar Grove, Illinois, looking eastward in the 1940s. To the right on the opposite side of the rails is the Sugar Grove Grain and Lumber Company lumber shed. An unusual feature of this depot is the US Postal Service renting a portion of the depot for the Sugar Grove Post Office from 1943 to 1959. When Amtrak took over the passenger business, they discontinued passenger trains on this track. The Sugar Grove depot was removed in the 1970s. The familiar little red building had had the distinction of being the only depot on the Burlington Railroad to serve as both a train station and U.S. Post Office. For decades, mail was picked up and dropped off in Sugar Grove by way of the Railway Post Office Car, a common part of the passenger trains at one time. The station master would hang the canvas bag of out-going mail from a "crane", which was a hook on an arm suspended from a post along the tracks. In Sugar Grove, this apparatus was located on the railroad right-of-way adjacent to the Hotel West. The mail handler inside the train car used a hook to grab the bag from the post as the train sped through town. The mail was sorted by mail handlers inside the train car, and later dropped off at the appropriate town. In-coming mail was simply thrown from the open door of the Railway Post Office Car, and shortly after picked up by the station master. There were only a few times in Sugar Grove when the bag got beneath the wheels of the speeding train, leaving the mail bag and mail in shreds. Amtrak did away with the mail sorters and since have carried only sorted bags of mail to their destinations. With the U.S. Post Office occupying a portion of the train depot in Sugar Grove, it was always the center of social gathering as the farmers came to town on their noon break to retrieve their mail and were joined by those who lived in the village. In the winter the farmers would gather around the huge pot belly stove in the center of the waiting area and catch up on the news. In warmer weather, they congregated outside the depot. The sound of the telegraph key could always be hear above their voices. It was situated on the desk which occupied the windowed area towards the tracks, and was the only direct means of communication at that time, between the stations and subsequently the train crews. Flags were used periodically to tell a passenger on a passing train about a message that had been forwarded by way of the telegraph. Source: "Sin-Qua-Sip: Sugar Grove, A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois" by Patsy Mighell Paxton. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/42c71e021cfe09b22028b2a3d8acea3b.jpg a3071e98aeb8e1b12a75f2c759cb09a7 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6ab03686aa9ee4e966391bc9be0fb70c.png 0dd4b90c173d7ed3fb4f77273e746cf0 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ef644569b363e03d1fc93b5e3dda843a.png baa293d88dbec3fa57783d8385d7e885 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/3958a0107501134628021910846fc59c.png 031594a1ec78f226e2f0441982dc8700 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/5ac1b34e3a46c0aeb1d57daaec448893.png b0e9169098cc493df5f8aa870833a949 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Virgil Gilman Trail Bridge over Galena Blvd. west of Barnes Road. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8-22-2014 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dan Fitzgerald https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/abd76d9fe33706e29c00919ca0d1f6a3.jpg 4dfbd68f7ab30401ef7e42c1bfbd1ac4 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6b1d086f995646c4e9342cc1700de683.jpg ea3f65f0fd201d121d0e7823d98e09ad https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/8d2a9b6c5478ffad0157c587a95b9e48.jpg a759b1df3561a3773c41977af4ddbbb3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bolster Family Photo Album: Lillian Eckburg and her home. Illinois Central Depot at Amboy, Illinois. Subject The topic of the resource Handwritten Note: Please excuse the blue hair for my hair is shinned back so tight. Description An account of the resource Amboy Depot, Illinois Central Railroad, Amboy, Illinois http://www.amboydepotmuseum.org/ The Amboy Depot Museum is located in a former depot and division headquarters of the Illinois Central Railroad located in Amboy, Illinois. The building is an architecturally unique two-story building built of brick and cut Joliet limestone and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been completely restored both inside and out, and includes the original brick tarmac surrounding the depot and the grounds of the former rail-yard, now preserved as a city park. Also reconstructed were the distinctive chimney caps on the building's eight chimneys, fully restoring the building to its original exterior configuration. Within the museum are artifacts of both the history of Amboy and the Illinois Central Railroad. The museum complex also contains a freight house with additional artifacts, a fully restored one-room country schoolhouse, a retired steam engine and a caboose. So, come in to see what's to be seen at one of the best small-town depot museums to be found anywhere! LOCATION Amboy is located on US 52, 2 miles south of US 30. The museum can be found downtown on Main Street, two blocks west of US 52 (turn at Casey's General Store). Source: http://www.amboydepotmuseum.org/ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nick A. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/66e39444eac9e23c346fe22b2130a99a.jpg 455a7794eddb579ebaeef277029e53f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chicago, Aurora & Elgin 431 Electric Train/Trolley: Drawing Subject The topic of the resource Chicago, Aurora & Elgin 431 at Wheaton Description An account of the resource SOURCE: Fox River Trolley Museum https://www.foxtrolley.org/history Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railroad: This line ran west from its connection with the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company and had four branches with western terminals along the Fox River in the same towns that the Fox River Line served. Even though the two divisions were part of the same company from 1906 - 1919, they were always operated separately with different equipment, repair facilities and employees. In August of 1919, the AE&C went into receivership, both divisions emerging from bankruptcy in the early 1920's. They were separated and renamed. The third rail division to Chicago (former AE&C) was renamed the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) and the Fox River Division was renamed the Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company (AE&FRE). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kaitlin https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/18ef3e2cc4dd02401e095a9a89de7ec8.jpg 77da6c2f4819de6ccc051b69b42591d8 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/5ae39aaba1ce5fc2875ff0b0bc6aa0b0.jpg 64237b5b8531d740a081edea08622d58 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/91dc676af3d92add95ba28e84593d8df.jpg f9cbd92b90e4f0f2dfbabc571fc3b970 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/17ce6c0471adbb022477f730b66662f5.jpg ab86344b9158353b21adf59c0e89d510 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/5ce6cb59479730646a883712a4c6ecad.jpg b0ce22ab140e9fab27ac8f197fff75e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "The Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory, Utah - May 10, 1849", Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Picture Frame was made by Vern Graham (Postmaster 1971 ) from wood of destroyed C.M. & G [Chicago, Milwaukee, and Gary] Railroad Station. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2007-13 (Accession Number) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kaitlin Description An account of the resource "The Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railroad, a freight line, ran to the south of the Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railway. The two lines merged just north of Galena Blvd., before heading into Aurora. The entry to the [Village] Bible Church on Rte. 47 [at the location of the Bliss Woods Caretaker's House] was its road bed." Source: "Sin-Qua-Sip: Sugar Grove, A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois" by Patsy Mighell Paxton. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/815de985e19c9aa0d3ff075cb9b23bd6.jpg ebbf0181161621122c6b8afe8fd8297d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Sugar Grove Railroad Depot Description An account of the resource Sugar Grove Railroad Depot, No information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource No date Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/521d49b14ac5adc6a08f982c3a7877f0.jpg 67cb78b8865221fe3e9693416d045177 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcard of Sugar Grove Railroad Depot, Description An account of the resource Postcard addressed to: Mrs. C. A. Needham, 109 Commerce St., Memphis, Tenn. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Nov. 1, 1911 ? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/26fc32b95dcab5455434a52a3a4b4e5e.jpg 1bf73e51576d0f0b7c963063b8053485 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/5630e7794189b8f4e6c055b91a502bd0.jpg 20caa2f5222183dfbee3f2598b2d929f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Sugar Grove Railroad Depot Description An account of the resource Sugar Grove Train Depot, No information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource No date Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/571cc558805ef30eb21861b0a2364249.jpg cf95d6d1a46f4ec49786a25dcf91d338 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/1e1b3b254eda6a26cfe107efcb6accb3.jpg 70d2292d9b1751d747ab5d37ac33a836 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frank H. Hall: Letter from Chicago & Iowa Railroad Company. 1875. Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Chicago & Iowa Railroad Company, President's Office, dated May 21, 1875, to Frank H. Hall, Esq., Aurora, Ill. Description An account of the resource The letter discussed the proposed railroad depot for Sugar Grove and explains that the construction of the sidetrack and building may be delayed. The letter reads as follows: Chicago & Iowa Railroad Company, President's Office, 102 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. May 21, 1875 Frank H. Hall, Esq, Aurora, Illinois Dear Sir, I have yours[?] of the 15th and am obliged to you for the information it contains and am pleased with the interest manifested by the people of Sugar Grove in the prospective Depot and have no doubt but we will put in the sidetrack and put up the building but for reasons stated to you when {?} also expressed in my former letter it will be impossible to do the work or to begin any alteration to it until after our {?] can be [?] from the Rockford line. Both my [?] and engineer are busy to their full capacity and cannot give this matter an hours of attention until say the 10th of July. That is not long to wait. Yours Respectfully, [Signed] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 21, 1875 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/c00bd841f243b6f4df432224aa137b24.jpg 042db071e1529f022b4dbc7da370c527 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/1e2f92a2302f0290ff47d23feb1326af.jpg 67716ca5b5ba6c4f9c111259e011ee5d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Sugar Grove Railroad Depot; C B & Q Railroad Station, 1880's to 1970's Description An account of the resource Sugar Grove Railroad Depot; C B & Q Railroad Station, 1880's to 1970's Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880's to 1970's Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/cf795fc4f03afab5b3918c789bf2632a.jpg 743530b6ddb57d679d9aec5e0f889f81 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/867cb9bad96c53fb3a7dbaf6dde105f9.jpg 44e38be1a0fe3aca4b7034fac1a3f037 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper article with pictures: Vintage train rolls through on Saturday, by Matt Hanley Description An account of the resource Newspaper article with pictures: Vintage train rolls through on Saturday, by Matt Hanley Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Saturday, July 18, 2009 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/fc4e085ce33a3582973c00ae79a57491.jpg e633023de4bd1a6c7d6a0c246d9e6371 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource No information Description An account of the resource No information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 23, 2002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/564e592d057eafe1b384fa60893fd5a2.jpg 2ba98c802decb1772d52996a7ef90a09 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource No information Description An account of the resource No information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 23, 2002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/dbb0434654987cf766977f631564faa8.jpg ab745e0d99d057c75df1a61a47b9513f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Steam Engine arriving at Sugar Grove, June 23, 2002 Description An account of the resource Steam Engine arriving at Sugar Grove, June 23, 2002 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 23, 2002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ea4a99cac58b51387868cde484620a62.jpg f12ed81a65f83b13728a296f68c4c90f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transportation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad Subject The topic of the resource Steam Engine arriving at Sugar Grove, June 23, 2002 Description An account of the resource Steam Engine arriving at Sugar Grove, June 23, 2002 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 23, 2002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ocker