Remembering Elgin (Illinois) Trivia Book by John H Prigge epub fb2 djvu

John Prigge, author of the Remembering Elgin Trivia Book, has had a lifelong love affair with Elgin's rich history. As a young boy, he listened to the stories of his father and grandparents, who lived on the city's north end. John especially enjoyed his father's recollections of owning a pony, attending Columbia School and riding his bicycle to the Great Smokey Mountains---a.k.a., the hill at Shoe Factory Road. The Remembering Elgin Trivia Book features 500 unique, unusual and uncommon questions, which were designed to amuse, absorb, perplex and even educate readers. Discover often overlooked facts from the Watch City. Dozens of rare Elgin photographs, many going back to the 1930s.