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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 of the City of Champaign Looking from the Southeast

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

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 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.

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.

Portrait of local judge and historian Joseph O. Cunningham

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.

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

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