Tag Archives: history

Johnston Stevenson Stopping House: Follow Up

Posted on January 14, 2018 by danocan

As promised last month, I am posting some additional information regarding the Johnston Stevenson Stopping House.  Having now gotten my hands on the Nose Creek Valley History book (see Sources, below), I have a bit more detail about the location. … Continue reading →

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The Last Trip of 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by danocan

The year 2017 will go down as a very good one for the DanOCan.com blog.  We managed to increase our number of postings and thus we attracted a lot more visitors this year compared to 2016.  It turns out people … Continue reading →

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Johnston-Stevenson Stopping House

Posted on December 15, 2017 by danocan

 Sometimes you stumble across something completely unexpected and it causes you to fall into a research hole… This posting got its start back in the summer, August 8 to be exact.  I had a day off from work and I … Continue reading →

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Retrospective: McDonalds Museum

Posted on November 21, 2017 by danocan

This is the second in my now-officially-a-series lunch break postings… Today’s post was inspired by an article I saw in my Facebook Newsfeed as I ate breakfast this morning. “McDonald’s museum in Des Plaines will be demolished next month” I … Continue reading →

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Retrospective: West Hope School

Posted on November 17, 2017 by danocan

Thanks to apps like Timehop and the “On This Day” feature of Facebook, sometimes we see old photos resurface to remind us of our explorations of the past. That is how I stumbled upon these images of West Hope School, … Continue reading →

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