FIRST - Railroad in Crossville, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 09.705 W 088° 03.956
16S E 406618 N 4224298
When railroad tracks, bridge, and depot removed, the area was made a park.
Waymark Code: WMV9ZW
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2017
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County of park: White County
Location of park: Main St. (IL 10) & Morell St., Crossville
Crossville is a village in White County, Illinois. The population was 745 at the 2010 census
Plaque dedicated: May 2001
Erected by: Citizens of the Village of Crossville
Tom Mitchell, Mayor at the time
Plaque Text:
Site of Crossville, Ill
First Railroad
Flat: 1872 - 1906
Elev.: 1906 - 1993
"The town's existence is closely tied to the opening of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad on December 9, 1872. In 1853 the Vincennes and Paducah Railway Company was formed for the purpose of creating a railroad through the area, but that venture was unsuccessful. In 1857 the Illinois Southern Railway Company took up the idea, with a plan that originally contemplated routing the railroad through Phillipstown, but local land owners Stephen Fitzgerald and Solomon Charles refused to donate land to the Railway. Instead, in 1857 Thomas Cross donated right-of-way through the center of what would later become Crossville. The railroad project was stalled during the Civil War, but in 1867 the Cairo and Vincennes Railway Company was formed and work on the railroad proceeded in earnest. ~ Wikipedia
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