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100 years ago
July 1, 1926
N.C. Van Natta, a civil engineer, employed to make the preliminary survey for the new electric railroad which C.H. Petsch and his associations proposed to build between East St. Louis and Quincy, has returned from a three day trip across country to Alton, according to The Pike County Republican. He is very much enthused with the country, the traffic possibilities and the comparative ease of railroad construction through Pike, Calhoun and Madison counties. Mr. Van Natta made the trip from Quincy to Rockport on foot, and at that place secured an automobile and struck out across country to Pleasant Hill, in Pike County, from there he went to Hamburg, thence to Hardin, in Calhoun County, and then on to Grafont, in Jersey County. From Grafton he rode to Alton and made a survey of the hills back of Alton. “I am astonished,” he said. “To see a country like Calhoun without a railroad. It is wonderfully rich and is well populated. In the valleys are the best crops I have seen this year. The hills are covered with apple trees. Surely this county will give us a great volume of traffic, passengers and freight. I made a preliminary survey over what we might call the river route. Next week I will look over another proposed route further away from the river. If everything breaks even, the road when built will probably follow the river route. But one can never tell.”
75 years ago
June 28, 1951
The Illinois Fruit Council has estimated an apple crop for Illinois this year of 3,645,000 bushels. This compares with a 4,100,000 bushels in 1949. Southern Illinois is now harvesting its first summer apples. Calhoun orchardists will pick a few early ones about next week.
50 years ago
July 1, 1976
Gilbert Meyers, Superintendent of Highways for Calhoun County, has been in contact with state transportation officials regarding the possibility of resurfacing the Hardin-Brussels Road from Brussels to the Brussels Ferry while the equipment is working on the other part of the road. “We expect to hear something one way or the other in the near future,” Meyer said. Most of the resurfacing work will be completed by the end of next week, he said, with only shoulder work left. Meyer has been in touch with Harold Monroney, District 8 Engineer, and the office of Langhorne Bond, Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Rep. Paul Findley has also been talking with Bond and Monroney about the possibility of completing the road resurfacing.
25 years ago
July 4, 2001
Residents of the Village of Kampsville, as well as former employees of The Kampsville Landing, who were still recovering from the shock of the sudden closure of the restaurant/convenience store on Tuesday, June 19, can now rest easy due to the purchase of the business by Dan and Kim Wilcox of South Roxana. The new owners of the Kampsville Landing are excited, as well as a little nervous, about their new business. According to Dan Wilcox, although they own several pieces of rental property, this will be the first restaurant they have owned. “I have been in politics all my life and we own several rental properties, but this is the first restaurant business we have owned,” said Wilcox. “To be honest, we are just a little nervous but we are sure, once we get in there and iron things out, it will be just fine.”
