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Chapters: Quimby, Iowa, Marcus, Iowa, Aurelia, Iowa, Cherokee, Iowa, Washta, Iowa, Cleghorn, Iowa, Meriden, Iowa, Larrabee, Iowa, Illinois Central Railroad, Tilden Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Cherokee Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Sheridan Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Willow Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Marcus Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Pitcher Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Grand Meadow Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Cedar Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Pilot Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Spring Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Afton Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Diamond Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Liberty Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Silver Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Rock Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Amherst Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, Iowa Highway 31, Phipps Site, Cherokee Sewer Site, West Fork of the Little Sioux River. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 79. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Combined route map of the Chicago Central (red) and Illinois Central (blue) railroads in 1996. The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa (1870). There was a significant branch to Omaha, Nebraska (1899) west of Fort Dodge, Iowa and another branch reaching Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1877) starting from Cherokee, Iowa. The Canadian National Railway gained control of the IC in 1998, and it is now part of the CN Southern Region. The IC was one of the earlier Class I railroads in the US. Its roots stretch back to abortive attempts by the Illinois General Assembly to charter a railroad li...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=115842
