B. & O. Depot at Main and Division Streets, picture taken between 1900 and 1910. Note the current location of Rusty Bucket Laundromat to left of the depot.
The last Big Four Depot, picture taken probably between 1910 and 1925. Note the B. & O. Railroad tracks crossing the Big Four Railroad tracks.
Construction crew at Big Four freight house, across from present Southern Illinois Lumber Co. yard on South Division Street at Third Street, when tracks were being moved. Note part of depot at left of picture. Picture taken about 1906 or 1907.
Original Big Four Depot at South Division and West Third Streets across from the present location of the Southern Illinois Lumber Co. Picture taken between 1900 and 1907.
Norris City came into existence after two railroads crossed at a site where no village or town existed. The Springfield and Southeastern Illinois (later known as the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and then as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) was built through the site in 1870. It ran from Beardstown in Cass County (north of Flora) to Old Shawneetown in Gallatin County. The Cairo and Vincennes Railroad (later became the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis or Big Four Division of the New York Central System) was completed through the same area in 1872 It ran from Chicago to Cairo.
The Norris City Omaha Senior Class of 1956 had their annual reunion at the Indian Creek Township Building on Sunday afternoon, May 26, 2019. When this class started as freshmen, the high school was just Norris City High School. By the time the class graduated 63 years ago in 1956, the 