MIlwaukee Peoria & St. Louis Railway

A man named F. W. Cherry came
through this area in 1911 and obtained
right-of-way options from some of the resi-
dents in exchange for which they recei\'ed
stock in the "Milwaukee Peoria, and St.
Louis R.R. Co." From the Marshall County
Historical Society, the following informa-
tion appeared in an article written in 1964
about Lacon's hope of getting a railroad.
"Around the turn of the century and for
several decades later, a promoter named
Cherry made sporadic visits to the city
and on each occasion fanned the embers
of hope. He made at least one trip to
Europe looking for capital. The money was
not forthcoming, either here or abroad, and
Cherry's visits came at longer intervals,
then ceased. The graying embers of hope
died." Those of Partridge residents died
likewise.


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About the year 1878 Dalrymple acquired a controlling interest in the Milwaukee and Dubuque Railroad. This was a successor to the Milwaukee and Beloit Railroad, a farm mortgage line of the decade of the fifties that had never built a single mile of track. Elaborate plans were renewed for financing the road. A reorganization of the company in 1887 under the title of the Milwaukee, Peoria, and St. Louis Railroad indicated expanding ambitions and a change of route, but no portion of the road was put into operation during Dalrymple's life-time.


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