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J.C. Hostetler's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of J.C. Hostetler's oral history . He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 20, 1985. The interview includes his family history, childhood, and career in insurance and banking.

Tags: 1985, 250 W. Prairie Ave., 4F, Albany Medical College, Bank Moritorium, Baseball, Betty Turnell, bond salesman, changes in banking, Chicago IL, Chief Surgeon, childhood, Cincinnati OH, city planning commission, Decatur IL, draft, estate work, Everett Mueller, family history, February 1985, Football, Great Depression, Halsey-Stuart and Company, Henry W. Waggoner, interview, J.C. Hostetler, John Hancock Life, Joseph C. Hostetler, law school, Liberal Arts College, Mayor, Middle States School of Banking, Millikin National Bank, Millikin University, Minnie I. Waggoner, Miss S. E. Kenney, modern banking, Monaham foreclosures, Mueller Company, National Life of Vermont, neighborhood, Northwestern Mutual Life Company, Northwestern University, OH74, oral history, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Quartermaster General's Packing House Division, recording, Robert B. Hostetler, sound recording, sound recordings, suppurating ear, Susan May Newland, transcription, Union College, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Wabash Railroad, William B. Hostetler, World War I, WWI, Zone 7 Supply Depot Quartermaster Corps

Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's oral history. They were interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 27, 1986. The interview includes his time with Wabash Railroad and their family life.

John Day's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of John Day's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 29, 1977. The interview includes his time in an English orphanage, growing up in Canada, and his work with the Wabash Railroad.

Tags: "The Cannon Ball", 1977, automobile factory, bass drum, Betty Turnell, Bluebird, Canada, Canadian National Railroad, Cannon Ball, cement company, Charlie Cunningham, Decatur IL, Douglas Air Craft, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, farm work, farming, Feltwell England, Foreman, freemason, Grand Truck Railroad, Holmes Foundry, homestead farm, Imperial Oil Refinery, Infants' School, Inglewood Ontario, interview, John Day, London England, Marysville MI, Mason, Michigan, Montreal Quebec, Music, National Guard, Norfolk County, November 1977, OH82, Ontario, oral history, orphanage, paint shop, painter, painting, passenger trains, personnel, physical abuse, pigiron, Poetry, Port Huron MI, recording, retirement, round house, Sarnia Ontario, sound recording, Steam Engines, tannery, The Great Lakes Navigation, Toronto Ontario, transcription, travelling, Tunbridge Wells England, visit to England, Wabash Railroad, Will-St. Clair car, World War II, WWII

Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of Mrs. O.L. Myers. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in August 1981. The interview includes her childhood, and early Decatur.

W.T. Layton's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of W.T. Layton. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1982. The interview includes his time working for Wabash and Norfolk and Western.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Tracks and Structures -Wabash Yards (6/30/1919)

This is a station map of the Wabash Railway showing the Wabash yards between the roundhouse to 22nd St.

Tags: #8.003, 1919, 22nd St., 4th St., 5th St., 6/30/1919, 6th St., A.E. Staley Mfg. Co., American Hominy Co., Arch St., boiler and tank shed, boiler room, Calhoun St., canopy and coal receiving pit, cement storage, Chambers Bering & Quinlan Co., Charles St., Clayton St., coal storage bins, collection, concrete fillup and washout tanks, Decatur Foundry Co., Decatur IL, dry sand tanks, East Ave., electric shop, flue storage, Foreman's Office, grease forming plant, hoist house, Illinois St., ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-131, Jasper St., lavatory and lockers for colored, locomotive blacksmith shop, locomotive shop, locomotive store room, Lowber St., lumber rack, machine shop, map, Maps, Marietta St., Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Co., N. Folk St., N. Jordan St., oil pump house, Orchard St., paint shop, Pearl St., railroad, Railroad Map Collection, round house, Roundhouse, sand drying room, Sangamon St., shop and offices, signal repair shop, station map, Stone St., structures, Tracks, Wabash, Wabash Ave., Wabash office, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, wash room, wash room and lockers, wet sand storage, wheel storage, Witt St., Woodford St., Yards

Wabash Railway Right of Way and Track Map - South of Rock Springs Rd. to Jackson St. (6/30/1919)

This right of way and track map shows the Wabash railroad track from south of Rock Springs Rd. to N. Jackson St.

Tags: #8.003, 1919, 6/30/1919, Bridge, Bright St., Church St., collection, College St., Cottage Hill Ave., Decatur IL, Dunham St., Edward St., Fairview Ave., Fairview Rd., Haworth Ave., Home Ave., ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-125, Knights, Lincoln Park Dr., map, Maps, McClelland Ave., N. Franklin St., N. Jackson St., N. Main St., N. Mercer St., N. Monroe St., N. Oakland Ave., N. Pine St., N. Water St., Oakland Ct., Office of Chief Engineer, railroad, Railroad Ave., Railroad Map Collection, right of way, right of way and track map, Rock Springs Rd., S. Oakland Ave., Sangamon River, St. Louis Bridge, St. Louis Bridge Rd., State Route 48, State Rt. 48, Sunset Ave., Sycamore Ave., Track, Union St., University Ave., Van Dyke St., W. Cerro Gordo St., W. Decatur St., W. Eldorado St., W. Forest Ave., W. Green St., W. King St., W. Macon St., W. Main St., W. North St., W. William St., W. Wood St., Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Willow Ave.

Wabash Railway from the Roundhouse to James St. (No Date)

This map shows the Wabash Railroad from the Wabash roundhouse to E. James St. It shows the entire Wabash yards.

Tags: #8.003, 13th St., 14th St., 15th St., 17th St., 18th St., 22nd St., 23rd St., 24th St., 25th St., 26th St., 27th St., 4th St., 5th St., 6th St., A.E. Staley Mfg. Co., additions, American Hominy Co., boiler room, Bourne & Stroh's Addition, businesses, C.Y. Miller's 1st Addition, Calhoun St., Camp & Emrich's 2nd Addition, Camp & Emrich's Addition, Camp & Emrich's Addition of outlots, car shop, cement storage, Chambers Bering & Quinlan Co., Charles St., Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western RR, cinder pit, Clarence Ave., Clayton St., coach painting shop, coach shop, coal bin, collection, concrete fillup & washout tanks, Decatur Bridge Co., Decatur Foundry Co., Decatur Heights, Decatur Ice Co., Decatur IL, Donovan Heights 1st Addition, dry kiln, dry sand tanks, E. Division St., E. Grand Ave., E. Hickory St., E. Logan St., E. Olive St., East Ave., enginemens locker room, flue storage, Foreman's Office, Herkimer St., hoist house, Homewood Ave., hose house, Ice Storage, Illinois St., ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-110, James St., Jasper St., lavatory and locker building for colored, locomotive blacksmith shop, locomotive shop, locomotive store room, locoshop wash and lockers, Locust St., Lowber St., lumber rack, Lumber Shed, machine & blacksmith shop, machine shop, map, Maps, Marietta St., master mechanic office, meter and water box, mill & tin shop, Moser Road, N. Folk St., N. Jordan St., no date, oil house, oil pump house, Orchard St., paint shop, Pearl St. Arch St., Planing Mill, Power House, Raceland Plat "C" in Plat "C", Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", rail saw, Railroad Map Collection, reclamation plant, reclamation waste building, round house, Roundhouse, sand blast house, sand drying room, Sangamon St., scrap wheel pit, shear shed and iron rack, shop and offices., signal repair shop, steel water tank, Stone St., Streets, Thomas Ave., transfer table, Wabash, Wabash Ave., Wabash office, Wabash Place, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, wash room, Westlake 2nd Addition of outlots, Westlake Addition of Outlots, wet sand storage room, wheel storage, Witt St., Woodford St., Yards

Wabash Railway Right of Way and Track Map - Wyckles to N. Mercer St. (6/30/1919)

This is a right of way and track map for the Wabash Railway, and shows the Wabash Railroad and Illinois Traction System from Wyckles east to N. Mercer St.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - Fairview Ave. to College St. (6/30/1938)

This station map shows the lands, tracks, and structures of the Wabash Railway between Fairview Ave. and College St.

Tags: 1938, 6/30/1938, A.Wait's et all A&P Addition, Adamson & Prather's Addition, additions, Anna B. Millikin Home, Avenue Park Addition, Bright St., businesses, Caldwell's Resurvey, Cerro Gordo St., collection, College St., Cottage Hill St., Decatur IL, Dunham's Addition, E.B. Durfee's 1st Addition, E.B. Durfee's 2nd Addition, E.B. Durfee's 3rd Addition, F.E. Kinney's Addition, Fairview Ave., George A. Wessel's Addition, H.A. Wood's Addition of Outlots, H.H. Brown's 2nd Subdivision, H.H. Brown's Subdivision, H.S. Evan's 2nd Subdivision, H.S. Evan's Subdivision, Haworth Ave., Hiram Johnson's Subidivision, Home Ave., ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-107, John Allen resurvey, lands, Locus Addition, map, Maps, Marilla Dunham Place, McCaskill's 2nd Addition, McCaskill's 3rd Addition, Millikin Place., Millikin's 2nd Addition, Millikin's Addition, N. Mercer St., N. Monroe St., N. Oakland Ave., N. Pine St., Oakland Place, Oaklawn, Office of Chief Engineer, Peter H. Brueck's 2nd Addition, Peter H. Brueck's Addition, Polar Ice Co., Prairie Ave., Railroad Map Collection #8.003, S. Oakland Ave., S.K. Thompson's 2nd Addition, S.K. Thompson's Addition, Simpson's 2nd Addition, Simpson's Addition, station map, Streets, structures, Tracks, University Place, Van Dyke St., W. Decatur St., W. Eldorado St., W. Forest Ave., W. Green St., W. Macon St., W. Main St., W. North St., W. Williams St., W. Wood St., Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Western Addition, Woodland Addition, Yates & King's Addition

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