I was at an estate auction in Sheridan,Illinois this past Saturday.
Besides the Q items(Calendars,ETTs,switch keys,etc) what was really
interesting
were the old postcards.
There hundreds of them,the auction crew had placed them in the ever
present "flats" with about 10-15 in each. In a few of the "flats" there were
postcards of Sheridan,Ladd and LaSalle depots,main streets,industries,etc.
Each
"flat" went for hundreds of $s !!!!!!!!!!!!
Why,what do the buyers do with these?
I have made trips to Ladd to explore as I've always been interested in
this little crossroads that drew so many RRs. The postcards showed a
town,bank,stores,mines,etc where today there is nothing.
But the real highlight for me were the postcards of the Q gravel pit at
Sheridan. I knew Yagan Pit had been a Q owned quarry but not Sheridan. The
postcards showed steam shovels loading wood gons. The postcards as well as
the steam shovels and cars were all Q marked.
Does anyone know which of the 2 pits started as a Q operation? The east
pit or the west one? I believe the operators in the 60s and 70s were Conco
and Western. Right now w/o my files I don't remember which was which.
The 1892 La Salle county plat book I picked up shows coal mines right in
the towns of Ottawa,La Salle and Streator and the track work in detail !
Suprisingly there weren't any cement operations around Oglesby and La Salle in
1892.
Leo Phillipp
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