RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Auto Gunfight Between Cops and Automobile Bandits in DeKalb County in 1919
From the Nov. 27, 2019, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1919, 100 Years Ago.
"Three of the four alleged automobile bandits who chased over the countryside from Somonauk to Kaneville in a running gunfight on September 18, and are now in DeKalb County jail at Sycamore. will plead guilty when arraigned December 8, State's Attorney Smith says.
"These men , it is charged, stole $500 worth of tires from the Bruenig and Dolder garage at Somonauk. In the pursuit which followed, all but one, dubbed the 'patriach' because of his white hair and 75 years, were wounded."
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1994, 25 Years Ago.
"The City of DeKalb recently erected a new welcome sign at the south entrance on Route 23 near Brad Manning Ford."
--RoadDog
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