PARKER CITY
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PARKER CITY |
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NAME: Parker city COUNTY: Johnson ROADS: 2WD GRID: 8 CLIMATE: Mild to cold, mild to hot BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter |
COMMENTS:
No residents, southwest of New Burnside
Illinois, old roadbeds, wells, traces of homesteads, railroad town, railroad
gone, bed still there. REMAINS: Old homestead sites 40 or more |
| This was a boom town in the 40's with a depot, a hotel or two and a couple restaurants. There are plenty of visible signs of the town of parker city but they have to be seeked out. Watch for old wells. It was built around the railroad. Submitted by: John Flora |
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