...from page 264 La Salle County Lore, pub. by La Salle County Historical Soc. in Utica His home on N 1709 road was a long way from Frederick Richard's birthplace. He grew up in Germany and, being apprenticed to a coooper, learned how to make kegs and barrels. When he was 18, like many others of the time, he decided his prospects were bette on this side of the Atlantic. After 47 days in a sailing ship on the ocean and more days on the waters of the Eric Canal, Great Lakes and Illinois & Michigan Canal, he arrived in La Salle County. He farmed during the day light hours and made pork and flour barrels at night. There was a market for butter firkins, too, so he gradually accumulated cattle, hogs and land. Part of Richards' 2,200 acres in the county was along the route chosen for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He platted a town on the tracks near wher he lived and was postmaster there. The settlement names Richards never expanded beyond a few buidings and the little track-side house that still bears the sign, "Fairbanks Scales." But Richards, the man, has gond down in history as giving generously to the community, both of himself and his wealth. -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > What building is located east on Richard's Road across the railroad > tracks in the first mile off Route 23? Was that a school? > Annette > > IndianaMackey@aol.com wrote: > > >Joan: > > > >The East Mackey school was at the southwest corner of #23 and Richard's Road. I > believe it folded in the 20's. In Memoirs of Heenanville, it mentioned that my > dad and aunt transferred from the East Mackey School to the West Mackey School > at some point. > > > >Bruce > > > > > >============================== > >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >