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The Salt Fork is the southern prong of the three forks that make up the Vermilion River.

The interior of the horsecar on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Grand Rapids, MI.

Horsecar with model horse at the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Grand Rapids, MI.

Mid-Late 19th Century Horsecar in Grand Rapids, MI

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.

Portrait of local judge and historian Joseph O. Cunningham

H. M. Russell owned a horse-bus (omnibus) company with John Gere that people used to travel from Urbana to West Urbana before the Urbana Railroad Line was installed.

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.

This was the fourth Champaign County Courthouse and was in use from 1859 until 1900 when the building was redesigned by Urbana architect Joseph Royer.

The Champaign County Courthouse acted as the Urbana depot for the Urbana Railroad Company line from 1863-1890.