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When I was a kid some old timers told me a story about a similar boxcar village in Sterling IL., those boxcars were put there by a business man for migrant workers till the government stepped in and the businessman build proper houses for the migrants. This would be the neighborhood by the Northwestern Steel Mill.
From: "GLEN glenehaug@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [CBQ] Eola Boxcar Village-need help Leo:
This probably is not what you are looking for. I have both a linen and a print of the Eola station map. On the print, an old carbody is shown along side of the lead of the West Yard at the east end. There is a caption next to it entitled 'Mexican Carbodies',
but there is only one carbody shown on the print. The linen faintly shows that there must have been 4 carbodies lined up in a row. The carbodies were located parallel to and north of the yard lead, west of the old Schramm spur that went into the Eola town
site.
Glen Haug
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 6:43 PM To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com; BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: [CBQ] Eola Boxcar Village-need help I happened to meet a descendant of one of the original residents of the Eola boxcar village this weekend. We had an awesome conversation about old Aurora and the Q.
I am meeting him again tomorrow and will then have several photos of the village and residents and much more info. As I've told him I'm going to pick his brain. The boxcar village was at the east end of the west yard at Eola. My understanding is it Started when the Q had trouble finding workers for the new reclamation plant in 1923. Here's where I need help. I've looked at 1958 and '64 track alignment charts and neither Shows the village. I've also check all the logical photo books? I know I've seen a map of Eola showing the village. Can anyone help with that ? Or any additional photos ? This is for a future article for the BRHS. Thanks, Leo __._,_.___ Posted by: Thomas Quimby <thomas_quimby@yahoo.com> __,_._,___ |