It was in Afton where the county’s first courthouse was built, which also functioned as a church and school. A two-story ...

After turning west near Pickle Church, the original Agency Road branched to the south of the current route. A small town called East Grove was located on the southern route. It was founded in 1849 ...

Branch lines covered much of western Illinois, southern Iowa, northern ... creating the Burlington Northern Santa Fe. The name officially became BNSF Railway Co. in 2005.