Disused Stations of the Chicago Great Western - St Charles to Sycamore - Part 3

In Part 3 of our Chicago Great Western series, we continue to follow the trail of disused stations of the Chicago Great Western railway, along the Chicago to Oelwein route, this time from St Charles in Kane County to Sycamore, in DeKalb County, Illinois. We start this journey in St Charles, crossing over the Great Western Bridge that spans the Fox River. We then continue the journey by bicycle from the Great Western Trail trailhead at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, heading first to Wasco and Lily Lake in Campton Township, then Virgil and Richardson in Virgil Township, Kane County, and then reach our final destination in the city of Sycamore, county seat of DeKalb County, Illinois. Along the way, we talk about the history of each of the stations and the communities in which they resided. Thank you for watching! To support our channel, please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE! Brian & Joyce IMAGE CREDITS (NPR = www.newspapers.com, FB = www.facebook, FL = www.flickr.com) US Geological Survey, livingatlas.arcgis.com US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov 1939 Illinois Aerial Photos, clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu Mark Peterson, FL John W Barriger Collection, FL Illinois Digital Archives, idaillinois.org David Fiore Batavian Historian, www.bataviahistoricalsociety.org drloihjournal.blogspot.com Charles Kinzer, rrpicturearchives.net www.worthpoint.com Marty Bernard, FL Northern Ogle Tempo, NPR Dave Soderstrom, FB ALbert Scharf, wikimedia.org St Charles History Museum, www.stcmuseum.org Mark Kaspar, FL John W Barriger Collection, FL Keith Bunner, FB NIU Regional History Center, niu.edu/university-libraries/collections/rhc St Charles Chronicle, idaillinois.org industrialscenery.blogspot.com Chuck Zeiler Google Maps, www.google.com/maps Shaw Local newspaper Northern Illinois Digital Collections, digital.lib.niu.edu Campton Township Open Space, FB Chicago and Northwestern Historical Society, www.cnwhs.org Daily Herald, NPR Lucinda Corron David Rumsey Map Collection, davidrumsey.com True Republican, Illinois Digital Newspapers University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jamie Snyder, FB Joiner Room, Dekalb History Center, www.dekalbcountyhistory.org US Census records, www.familysearch.org 1904 Kane County Map towns-and-nature.blogspot.com Raymond Storey, FB Steve Swedberg, FB Jim Kelly, FB Walt Dunlap, FB Sycamore Tribune, Illinois Digital Newspapers Friends of the West Chicago Museum, FB Annette Gruskovak, FL Carol Highsmith, wikimedia.org nstein9, FL KDEeyore, FL austen777, FL MUSIC CREDITS (YAL = YouTube Audio Library) Opening / Closing theme Dark Ages by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) For Mimi by Twin Musicom, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Stinson by Reed Mathis, YAL Plastic or Paper by Wes Hutchinson, YAL Fun in the Sun by Chris Haugen, YAL Reaching The Sky (Long Version) by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Thingamajig by Audionautix, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Land of My Fathers by The 126ers, YAL To Weather a Storm by Dan Lebowitz, YAL Epic Cinematic Adventure Music | ICELAND by Alex-Productions |    / @alexproductionsnocopyright   Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Hiiltop by Dan Lebowitz, YAL Hopeful Freedom by Asher Fulero, YAL The Rising (EDIT) by Aakash Gandhi, YAL MODEL CREDITS Great Western Station - Elizabeth Illinois Depot by TonyB ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many thanks to fellow railway researchers and viewers for information and images regarding CGW stations, on Facebook, Flickr, and other social media venues Great thanks to the people that created and maintain the Great Western Trail, both the eastern and western sections! TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:00 Titles and Opening 00:00:22 Recap & Intro 00:01:04 St Charles Station 00:04:40 Great Western Bridge 00:07:40 Great Western Trail 00:10:19 Wasco 00:14:26 Lily Lake 00:18:27 Virgil 00:21:36 Richardson 00:24:26 Sycamore 00:31:02 Closing 00:31:42 End Titles COPYRIGHT © 2022 EASTMONT MEDIA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. #history #Illinois #railroad #chicagogreatwestern #cgw # #chicago #railways #greatwesterntrail #stcharles #wasco #lilylake #virgil #richardson #sycamore #dekalb #kanecounty