1926 Map of Roodhouse

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Greene County agriculture and rail transit dominate this mid-1920s landscape, centered on the significant junction of the Chicago and Alton and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads. The town of Roodhouse serves as a northern anchor, while Carrollton sits to the south, connected by the burgeoning State Hard Highway. The density of one-room schoolhouses reveals a deeply settled rural society, with uniquely named institutions like Swamp College School and Bending Oak School serving the farming families of White Hall and Wrights.