Browse Items (2 total) Tags: Mexico Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Clarence Sowers' Oral History This is the oral history of Clarence Sowers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his career in construction. Tags: 1st contract, 8th grade education, Amusement Park, automobile mechanic, bricklayer foreman, bricklayers trade, bull ring, casino, catholic schools, changes in construction, changes to Decatur, childhood, Churches, Construction, Cuba tour, customer loyalty, Decatur IL, Dreamland Park, Fairview Park, family, Florida, freight foreman, future of Decatur, garden, Great Depression, Hawaii, health issues, Indiana, interview, Jasper County IL, Juarez, Linn & Scruggs building, Lodge, Macon School, Mexico, Nassau Bahamas, oral history, Pennsylvania Railroad, photography, recording, retirement, Sarasota FL, shoveling coal, Staley Company, Streetcars, Travel, union, Wabash Railroad, wildcat whistle, World War I, World War II, WPA workers, WWI, WWII Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's Oral History This is the oral history of Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson. They were interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 27, 1986. The interview includes his time with Wabash Railroad and their family life. Tags: 1986, 4-H, Bethany IL, Betty Turnell, big hook, Boy Scouts, childhood, choir, clothing donation, Decatur IL, Decatur Roundhouse, diesel locomotives, electric welding trade, family life, First United Methodist Church, Forsyth IL, grease cup filler, Great Depression, handyman, Hubert Bankson, interview, labor gang, machinist, machinist's helper, March 1986, Marilyn Bankson, Mexico, mission, Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson, Mrs. William Bankson, Music, North Dakota, oral history, passenger trains, recording, steam crane, Steam Locomotives, train wrecks, Trains, travelling, Wabash Railroad, William Bankson, wrecker, wrecking crew Featured Item Besalke Family Reunion 1949 Photograph of the Besalke Family Reunion 1949