TAYLOR RIDGE VILLAGE

James Taylor

 

Is not incorporated. It is situated in Bowling and Edgington Townships . The Rock Island and Mercer County Railroad was completed to this place in September, 1876. and on the day of its completion twenty-three cars of stock were shipped to Chicago ; and on the following day seventeen car loads.

The village is surrounded by a good agricultural country. It was laid out by J. L. Frankeberger, a civil engineer employed on the railroad, and contains two blocks and twenty-four lots, two stores, a blacksmith shop, an eating house, post offiice, drug store, hotel, elevator and excellent conveniences for carrying on grain and stock business. The people along the line of the railroad have shown a remarkable degree of enterprise and liberality in contributing to the constructing of this road.

Mr. James Taylor gave the right of way here and $1,000, and the place was named Taylor Ridge in his honor. The railroad crosses the village transversely.

 

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