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St Louis Pictorial Advertiser 1858-59.jpg
This Illinois Central Railroad advertisement is similar to the one the Turner's mentioned in their history of the Silver Creek bridge from the 1856 edition of the St. Louis Pictorial Advertiser.

Bird's Eye View 1869.png
Bird’s Eye View of the City of Champaign Looking from the Southeast

CC Courthouse 1859-1900 Map Litho.jpg
The Champaign County Courthouse acted as the Urbana depot for the Urbana Railroad Company line from 1863-1890.

CC Courthouse 1859-1900.jpg
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.

Doane House.jpg
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.

HM Russell.jpg
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.

JO  Cunningham.jpg
Portrait of local judge and historian Joseph O. Cunningham

Urbana Railroad Company Cars 1869.png
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.

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

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