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This is a thank you note to John Merrich for his display at Richland Community College's Enviromental Fair for the Decatur Macon County Clean Community System in March 1994.

Tags: 1994, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Macon County Clean Community System, Decatur Public Library, Display, Donna Johnson, Environmental Fair, John Merrich, John Moorman, March 1994, Richland Community College, Ruth Stauffer

Clifford E. Ocheltree

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Photograph of Clifford E. Ocheltree; (born 1/20/1874; died 7/14/1949); married Mary E. Moore; trainmaster on the Wabash R.R., began as a telegrapher 6/21/1893 and retired after 44 years, 6/30/1937; member First Presbyterian Church. Photo by Rembrandt…

Tags: 1926, biography, Clifford E. Ocheltree, Decatur IL., First Presbyterian Church, Herald and Review, Mary E. Moore, Photo File: Biography, Rembrandt Studio, Telegrapher, Trainmaster, Wabash R.R., Wabash Railroad

Climbing on a Boxcar

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Photograph of unknown women climbing on a boxcar at the Wabash Railroad train yard.

Tags: boxcar, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, train yard, unknown women, Wabash Railroad

Close Up Photographs of Damage in the Train Yards After the Norfolk & Western Explosion

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Close up photographs showing the damage in the train yards after the Norfolk & Western Railway Co. explosion which occurred on Friday July 19th, 1974. This accident occurred after a tank car containing propane was punctured by another car, leaking…

Tags: 1974, Cars, Damage, Decatur IL, East side, Evactuation, Explosion, Herald and Review, Norfolk & Western, Photo File: Railroads, Propane, Rail Cars, Rail Yards, railroad, Railroads, Tracks, Yards

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