1893 World's Fair

MIDLAND

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 9/2/2009 at 11:52:25

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, October 12, 1893.

WORLD’S FAIR

The rush to the World’s Fair Saturday and Sunday was immense and Maquoketa and near by stations contributed their full share. The Milwaukee Company ran an extra to Delmar Saturday evening and the Maquoketa branch coaches were pressed into service on the main line being returned from Chicago Monday morning. The extra train of three coaches on the Midland were jammed full both Saturday and Sunday nights. Some Maquoketa people gave up going when they got to the Midland depot Saturday night and saw the overcrowded cars.