Mike Matejka presents a free program “What’s Coming Down the Line? The Railroad in the American Mind” March 24. The Friends of the Durand Library is partnering with the Otter Creek Historical Society to host this presentation. Mike has a passion for railroads and railroad history and is an experienced speaker on this topic. Illinois is the nation’s railroad crossroads. Railroads not only accelerated Illinois’ economic development and population boom but the train itself became an icon ...
