Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Illinois Central R.R. Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Photographs of the Racetrack The first photo was taken August 23rd, 1898 at the George A. Keller racetrack located just north of Garfield Ave. and between the I.T.S. tracks and the Illinois Central R.R. tracks. The track was closed in 1908 when local option hit Decatur and… Tags: 1898, Biflex Co., Comet Automobile Co., Decatur IL, French, Garfield Ave., George A. Keller, George Keller, horses, Houdaille-Hershey Corp., I.T.S., Illinois Central R.R., J.K. Stafford, Jack French, Keller, L.P. Halladay Co., Oakes Products Co., Photo File: Recreation, race, Racetrack, racing, Recreation, Stafford