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Towns Along the Q


Katharine
Along the east side of County Line Road, south of Hinsdale, is the Katharine Legge Memorial Park. Adorning its entrance are bas relief...
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Apr 30, 20244 min read


Gallery Cars
At the end of WWII, the CB&Q railroad management addressed the many challenges it would face after fifteen years of depression and war,...
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Apr 24, 20244 min read


Straight Streets and Curving Streets
Why do some communities have straight streets and others have curving streets, and even different kinds of curving streets? It depends...
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Apr 16, 20244 min read


Secret WWII Communications Camp
Mysterious things were happening in a forested area north of Naperville early in 1942. Barbed wire fencing was erected around the...
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Apr 9, 20244 min read


Like a Ton of Bricks
In the wake of Chicago’s city-wide fire in 1871, many parts of the city were declared to be within “fire limits,” namely zones where new...
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Apr 2, 20244 min read


Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood. That song featured in the 1937 movie Hollywood Hotel celebrates Hollywood, California, the glitz and glamor home...
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Mar 27, 20242 min read


Towns Along the Q – What are the towns and what is the Q?
What is the Q? The British answer would be people standing in line. Biblical scholars’ answer is that it would be “the lost gospel.” A...
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Mar 25, 20242 min read
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