Still steaming along
November 26, 2006
Some 50 years ago, people approaching the town of Villa Grove in northeastern Douglas County probably heard it before they saw it.
Some 30 to 40 trains rolled through town each day, and each one blew its whistles at the crossings. The chug-a-lugging steam engines stopped to change crews and engines drop cabooses. Full story »
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The founding family of Villa Grove, the Henson's circa 1894 at their family home, The Villa in the Grove.
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