Steve & All,
As you probably know, O.N. Custer has a parked named after him. Located on
Losey Street just east of the CB&Q Chicago line. There is also a another park
on the south side of town named for H.T. Custer. A relative in some fashion.
Also, Hands on History did do a program on brick manufacturing. They made the
modern bricks with the three holes in them.
R.W. Brown, Jr.
Galesburg, IL
Have been following this string about the Purington Pavers with great
interest because my Dad grew up in Galesburg in the '20s-mid-40s, was a call
boy for the locomotive crews who didn't own telephones, and had various
great uncles who worked for the "Q." We spent a lot of time visiting
my grandmother there (we lived along the Q in LaGrange), sometimes took the
train down there, and I remember well the sound of the car tires on the
brick pavers when we finally left the highway and arrived in town after the
journey.
I sent my Dad, James Doyle, an email link about the Purington Brick Co. and
he responded that, coincidentally, his uncle, Omar N. Custer, owned
Purington Brick Company from the 30s into the 40s. Wished I had known that
because I would have grabbed a few pavers! But now I've discovered why I
might have had an even more particular interest in the topic. Bred in the
bone, or something like that.
Regards,
Steve Doyle
Twin Cities
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