Speaking of Galesburg, I believe the high school team is still called the
"Silver Streaks".
Jim Goodin
Davenport, IA
At 06:44 PM 5/21/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> There were many baseball teams on the Q and some represented not only
> In Galesburg,
>&Q Band but the strangest had to be the Q Polo Club made up of
> The one photo which we have is
>&Q Steel Car Shops Baseball team complete with the Burlington Route
> Yet I find the Polo
> Club thing hard to grasp. WAF
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>> Of no relevance to this, but it did remind me of something that I haven't
>> thought about in years. I played on a little league team in Ottumwa, IA in
>>&&"" I wonder if that
> was
>> typical of the RR's involvement in communities they served?
>>
>> Greg Myers
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>>>&Q sponsored baseball players.
> I've
>>>& There is a historical
>> group
>>> in Burlington that is preparing a book on Burlington, Iowa-related
>> postcards
>>> and have asked for more information on a post card they have of a team
>> from
>>> Does anyone on the list have any more detailed
>> information
>>> Did they play in a local league, or did they play
>> other
>>>&Q teams?
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