Re: [CBQ] What's for lunch?

["Fred Crissey" <fhc925@frontier.com>]

Here's my two cents on the Czechs in Yukon OK.  A large portion of them were transferred/moved to the Oklahoma City area from Cicero/Berwyn when Western Electric expanded manufacturing to that part of the world in the 1950's from the Hawthorne Works on Cicero Ave.  How do I know?  I had a aunt who was a telephone operator at the Hawthorne plant and one of her friends was transferred to Yukon.  We stayed with them one night on a quick trip from Chicago to Dallas in the early 1960s.

For those of you in the DFW area you can get a taste of Czech food (Texas Style) in West, Texas.  North of Waco on I-35.

Fred Crissey

On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 08:57:06 AM CDT, Stephen Levine via groups.io <sjl_prodigynet=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Nelson

I would like to take this conversation offline as I first came to Oklahoma in 1977 and became involved with the railfan community here. We may have known the same people, like Dr. Jack Austerman, who was also a CB&Q fan (I used to kid him that his wife objected because he was always chasing skirts — referring to the distinctive straight across skirting of the postwar Q passenger cars).

My email is sjl_prodigynet@yahoo.com

On Oct 25, 2020, at 7:50 AM, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com> wrote:



I believe that I stated that the division point and shops were in El Reno. While I lived in OKC in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, The El Reno Model Railroad Club was housed in the CRI&P freight house west of the depot. I was a member of the club, which was forced to disband and tear down the layout when the RI declared bankruptcy. Concurrently, plans for a large display and operating model railroad were underway, and club members developed and presented a track plan to the Omniplex for approval. That plan was never approved, and the Omniplex cut the original space allocation in half. The club responded, no thank you, and walked away. I still have a copy of the track plan. I moved to Iowa shortly after.

 

One of the Yukon Czechs worked in the state lab with me, and he would bring in Kolaches for break time.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Stephen Levine via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:13 PM
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I live in the Oklahoma City area. While Yukon was indeed served by The Rock, the division point, shops, CTC Control for most of the system, and North-south/east-west mainlines crossing was actually 12 miles west at El Reno.

 

There actually a town of Prague, OK, about 50 to 60 miles east of Oklahoma City.  They have an annual Czech festival.

On Oct 24, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com> wrote:



A lot of Czechs settled in Eastern Iowa with large concentrations between Spillville and Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids has a section called Czech Village and very nice Czech museum if you’re ever in Eastern Iowa. I’ve been to Spillville, a quaint town now, but little that’s obviously Czech except the surnames.

 

There was also a Czech population in Yukon, OK just West of Oklahoma City near El Reno, which was a CRI&P division point with a large shop complex. Like the Irish, Germans, and others, maybe Czechs built some of the railroads. A have a railroad buddy here in Iowa City whose ancestors fled Germany to avoid constant wars. They built the Creston Sub on the CB&Q, and as soon as they saved enough money, they bought land and started farming. That’s probably a common history for many European immigrants.

 

Nelson Moyer

Iowa City, IA

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Stephen Levine via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:38 AM
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My iPhone’s spellcheck changed Antonin to Antonio and I didn’t catch it. It now knows better.

 

I spent some time last night looking up Spillville, IA, where Dvorak spent time in the United States, seeing if it was, perchance, in Q territory. Alas, it is in Northeast Iowa.  It is currently not served by rail, although nearby Calmar apparently was served by the Milwaukee Road.

On Oct 24, 2020, at 7:58 AM, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com> wrote:



His Czech name is Antonin, not Antonio, though Antonio is the Italian variant.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Stephen Levine via groups.io
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:10 PM
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Speaking of famous Czechs, one of my favorite composers, Antonio Dvorak, was a railfan.

 

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