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- Tags: Lake Decatur
Photos of Lake Decatur before it was filled and during the filling.
Illinois Central Railroad Bridge looking down stream.
Photo of bridge facing upstream near where the dam was built.
County Bridge Looking Upstream From Waterworks
Tags: 1920's, Bridges, Decatur IL., Lake Decatur, Macon County IL.
Right of Way and Track Map - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR, Operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (6/30/1918)
Tags: #8.003, 1918, 6/30/1918, Aaron Ruth, collection, Decatur Township, Euclid Broadwell, ISHRAB-2017-25-22, ISHRAB-2017-25-23, Jacob Stickle, John Garver, Joseph Spangler, Lake Decatur, Long Creek Township, map, Michael Eichinger, Michael Elson, Miller S. Fetrow, Nelson Park Drive, railroad, Railroad Map Collection, right of way, right of way and track map, Track, W.M. Davis, Wm. Deweese, Wm. Prather
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western RR Right of Way and Track Map (Original 6/30/1918, Revised 12/31/1927)
Tags: #8.003, 12/31/1927, 1927, Aaron Ruth, B&O, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Bridge, CI&W, Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western RR, collection, Euclid Broadwell, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-2, Jacob Stickle, John Garver, Joseph Spangler, Lake Decatur, land plats, map, Maps, Michael Eichinger, Michael Elson, Miller S. Fetrow, Office of Valuation Engineer, public roads, Railroad Map Collection, right of way, right of way and track map, Tracks, W.M. Davis, Wm Prather, Wm. Deweese
Wabash Railroad Right of Way and Track Map - 27th St. Through Lake Decatur (7/1/1953)
Tags: #8.003, 1953, 24th St., 25th St., 26th St., 27th St., 29th St., 31st St., 32nd St., 33rd St., 34th St., 35th St., 7/1/1953, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co., additions, businesses, Camp and Emrich Addition of outlots, Camp and Emrich's 2nd Addition of outlots, collection, Decatur IL, Donovan Heights Addition, E. Division St., E. Grand Ave., E. Hickory St., E. Locust St., E. Logan St., E. Olive St., Faries Parkway, Fern Ct., Garden Place, Garfield Ave., Geddes Ave., Hillcrest Dr., Homewood Ave., ISHRAB-2017-25-93, James St., Lake Decatur, Lakewood Ave., map, Maps, Office of Chief Engineer, public road, Raceland Plat "C" in Plat "C", Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", Railroad Map Collection, right of way, right of way and track map, Samuels St., Spencer-Kellogg & Son Co., State Route 47, Streets, Track, track map, Tracks, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, West Lake Addition outlots, Yards
Right of Way and Track Map for Illinois Traction Inc., Operated by Illinois Terminal Company - Brush College Rd to 2 Miles East Across Lake Decatur (12/31/1928, revised 3/7/1933)
Tags: #8.003, 12/31/1928, 1928, collection, Decatur IL, Decatur Township, Illinois Terminal Company, Illinois Traction Inc., ISHRAB-2017-25-68, Keller Siding, Lake Decatur, map, Maps, Oakley Township, public road, Railroad Map Collection, record of changes made, right of way, right of way and track map, Track, Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR.
Thomas W. Samuels' Oral History
Tags: 1980, aldermen, author, Betty Turnell, book, Carrolton IL, changes to Decatur, Charles C. LeForgee, Decatur IL, Decatur in 1914, East St. Louis High School, Fire Department, Harvard, Human Relations Commission, interview, Lake Decatur, law school, lawyer, Lawyer in Action, LeForgee Vail and Miller, Macon County Tuberculosis Sanatarium, November 1980, oral history, race relations, recording, Samuels Miller Schroeder Jackson & Sly, Staley Company, Staley Viaduct, Streetcars, tax law, Thomas W. Samuels, University of Illinois, World War I
Mrs. Marie G. Baker's Oral History
Tags: 1977, 4-year scholarship, A.H. Mills, A.M.E. Church, African Methodist Church, Betty Turnell, brother, C.L. Livingston, childhood, College Street Chapel, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, discrimination, Dr. Ellis, Edward Jacobs, family life, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, housing discrimination, Howard Shaw, Howard University, Huron Place, injunction, interview, James Millikin University, job discrimination, John Reagan, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, March 1977, Marie G. Baker, Marietta Street School, Mary White Ollington, Mrs. Buster, Mrs. Eugenia Bacon, Murfield Storey, N. Union St., NAACP, National Civil Rights Law, national meetings, Niagara movement, oral history, Pennsylvania line, Physician's and Surgeon's College, Pugh School, race discrimination, Railway Postal Service, recording, Rev. E.M. Antrim, San Tucker, Singleton's Restaurant, Springfield Race Riots, swimming beach, swimming pools, truck garden, Warren Hardy, William English Walling