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Map of Section 20 in 1875 with Conkey Town no longer identified. W. R. Jones is listed as owning the land.

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Bird’s Eye View of the City of Champaign Looking from the Southeast

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These horse-drawn cars would travel back and forth between the Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana and the Doane House in Champaign every 70 minutes.

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The Doane House was a hotel, restaurant, and meeting place as well as the ICRR depot in Champaign. This was the final stop for the Urbana Railroad Company cars before they returned to the Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana.

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Alexander Bowman 1867 map of Vance Township that shows Conkey Town.

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Image of the residence of Alonzo Campbell, Esq. WU from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.

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Image of the Pratt & Brothers buildings from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.

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Close-up of Neal Street as spelled on the 1858 Urbana-West-Urbana Map.

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Illustration of Angle’s Block from the 1858 Bowman Map.
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