Images: #TBT Gallery features taverns and trolleys of St. Charles
The museum has also teamed up with Valley Lodge Tavern to hold a scotch tasting from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. The event will feature a guided tasting of scotch and a selection of appetizers. Valley Lodge Tavern is at 109 W. Main St. in Saint Charles. Doors open at 6 p.m., the tasting will start at 6:30 p.m. The event is for adults 21 and over. Tickets are available online for $45 for St. Charles History Center members, $55 for nonmembers, or $60 at the door. Go to www.stcmuseum.org for tickets.
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Tavern at 217 West Main Street, 1934.
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This electric streetcar operated on the Aurora & Elgin trolley line. The first streetcar came to St. Charles in 1896; this picture was taken around 1918. The streetcars were operated until the 1930s.
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The corner of East Main Street and 1st Street was the final stop en route from Chicago. Passengers could pick up the Aurora & Elgin trolley line to continue their journey home.
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Whiskey Bend, the turn from West Main Street onto 3rd Street toward Geneva, was situated among 11 different pubs.
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Louis Schelstreet offered a buffet lunch at this popular tavern located at 19 E. Main in St. Charles.
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Main Street looking east: In 1910, the Chicago, Aurora, Elgin third-rail electric line was introduced.
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Interior of a tavern in St. Charles.
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Trolley coming down Main Street in St. Charles.
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Taken around 1898, this photo depicts several men standing at the corner of Whiskey Bend outside of an establishment owned by a Mr. John Foss.
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Introduced in 1910, the Chicago, Aurora, Elgin third-rail electric line was the most direct way to get into Chicago. By 1913, cars ran hourly.
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