Thank You Charlotte "Anita C. Mason" wrote: > Hi Charlotte, > > According to an old letter I have, dated July 8, 1855, from Peoria > County, IL: > > "…The railroad runs through Chillicothe and it is doing a good business. > Chillicothe is a growing fine. There is a twelve story besides a > furniture store and tin shop. There is a new steam saw mill in there too > that does first rate work and a carriage and wagon factory and lots of > buildings going up all of the time. > > There is four trains of cars runs through there every twenty-four hours. > They look very nice too agoing like thunder. Sometimes there is a string > for a half mile long with an engine at each end pushing and pulling like > Boston. We are agoing down to town tomorrow and take the children down > and let them see the cars and town." > > Hope this helps, > Anita C. > Peoria County Lisk Descendant > > Flock's wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Could any one tell me when the railroad went through Peoria. I'm trying > > > > to track down a ancestor who was working on the railroad. His name is > > John Miller b. abt 1831 Prussia. > > > > Charlotte > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > 2,500 Discussion Lists!!! USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! > Special thanks go to RootsWeb. Your generous donations to > RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222