Walton library to celebrate milestone anniversary
The William B. Ogden Free Library in Walton will celebrate its 125th anniversary this year.
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The William B. Ogden Free Library in Walton will celebrate its 125th anniversary this year.
On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future decades would become a rail hub for the entire nation. As the system grew, tracks and rail yards fanned out around the city center, making through passage difficult. So for years, until air travel took ...
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