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Photograph of Saratoga Club Gambling Raid

Photograph of the Saratoga Club gambling police raid in 1938.

Photograph of Sailboats on Lake Decatur

Photograph of sailboats on Lake Decatur taken June 7, 1951.

Photograph of Richard Evans, the First City Librarian

Photograph of Richard Evans, married to Alice Glore; he was the First City Librarian starting in 1875 through 1881, when he unexpectedly died.

Photograph of Reverend W. L. Staub

Photograph of Rev. W. L. Staub. Former pastor Westminster Presbyterian church in Decatur, 1908-1912. First pastor of this church after its organization October 1908. Left Decatur for pastorate in Duluth, Minnesota. (Information from clips- no other…

Photograph of Rev. James Walton McDonald

Photograph of Rev. James Walton McDonald. (born 1869; died 6/16/1951) Presbyterian pastor in Decatur 23 years, leaving in 1923 for Kansas City, MO. Came to Decatur in 1901 from Logansport, IN. First pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,…