Re: [CBQ] Browning Hill

["Nolen Null via Groups.Io" <NNull=aol.com@groups.io>]

Louis,

This area is prone to some serious flooding.  The Illinois river only drops about one foot from Havana (35 miles upstream) to Beardstown.  I have attached a photo of the depot in Frederick:  under water!

If you have the time, the following link will give you a lot of history of the area.  Their website may jump around a bit, but it is worth the effort.  I don't recall if it is mentioned or not but supposedly DA BOYS from the Chicago mob would come down for duck hunting and fishing if things got too hot in Chicago.

http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverWeb/harvesting/transportation/trains/beardstown_railroad.html

Nolen Null

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From: Roger Kujawa via Groups.Io <kujawa61550=yahoo.com@groups.io>
To: CBQ <CBQ@groups.io>
Sent: Thu, May 2, 2019 6:41 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Browning Hill

The Browning depot still exists.  Although I don’t know how high the water is. 

 

Roger Kujawa. 

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