1926 Map of Normal

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Normal and Lexington anchor this mid-1920s landscape in McLean County, where the industrial and educational expansion of the era is evident through a dense network of country schools and rail lines. The Chicago and Alton railroad cuts diagonally across the terrain, passing through the village of Towanda, while the Illinois Central serves the western corridor near Hudson. This survey captures the rural educational structure of the time, documenting dozens of named local schoolhouses such as the Little Red Sch and the Buck Creek Sch.