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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Colp: 1939
January 1939. "Post office. Colp, Williamson County, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
62921
Population 225 according to the 2010 census. (Maybe down a bit by now.) This berg covers a total area of 0.13 square miles encompassing 103 households.
Post Office digs have improved.
Bloody Williamson
Williamson County has a very interesting and violent history. I recommend "Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness" by Paul M. Angle. Coal miners, scabs, Pinkertons, farmers, bootleggers, and the Klan made for an explosive mixture.
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