OPRT comments, contacts and credits

A 21-mile recreation and nature trail in northeastern Illinois

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Send us your comments

We'd appreciate hearing your comments, compliments, complaints and suggestions about the OPRT and the OPRT website.

The OPRT web site was put together during March and April, 2002. We will be revising, correcting and adding addition information during the coming years. If you have stories, photographs, or additional information you think we should know about we'd be happy to take a look at it.

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Contacts

OPRT Management Commission

Ralph Schultz, Chair

Forest Preserve District of Will County
Sugar Creek Administration Center
17540 West Laraway Road - Joliet, Illinois 60433
815-727-8700

(Click for a complete list of the OPRT Board of Directors)

Internet site designer

Jim Nugent
Web Designer
23111 Central Park Avenue
Richton Park, Illinois 60471

Credits

Much of the information on this website is drawn from these books, publications, and on-line resources.

Books and publications

"Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State, WPA American Guide Series." Oxford University Press: New York 1941, 1956
Carlton, J. Corliss. "Trails to Rails: A Story of Transportation Progress in Illinois." Eileen Smith Cunningham Reprints: Carrollton, Illinois 1956
Hadfield, Charles. "The Canal Age." Frederick A. Praeger: New York 1969
Havighurst, Walter. "The Heartland: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois." Harper & Row: New York 1956, 1962
Hornung, Clarence P. "Wheels Across America: A pictorial cavalcade illustrating the early development of transportation." A. S. Barnes: New York 1959
Jensen, Oliver. "History of Railroads in America." American Heritage Publishing: New York 1975
Landis, Charles K. "Rails Over the Horizon." Stackpole Sons: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1938
Laut, Agnes C. "The Romance of the Rails: The Story of the American Railroads." Tudor Publishing Company: 1936 (first published in August, 1929 by Robert M. McBride & Company).
Molony, Bill. "A Brief Cronology of the Joliet Cut-Off: 1849 to 1997." 1997: Will County Historical Society
Molony, Bill. "Documents Relating to the Organization of the Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad Company." Self-published photocopy document.
Overton, Richard C. "Burlington Route: A History of the Burlington Lines." Alfred A. Knopf: New York. 1965
Quaife, Milo M. "Chicago's Higways Old and New: From Indian Trail to Motor Road." D. F. Keller & Company: Chicago 1923
Rockland, Michael Aaron (translator). "Sarmiento's Travels in the United States in 1847." Princeton University Press: Princeton 1970
Sterling, Robert E. "A Pictorial History of Will County: Volume II." Will County Historical Publications Company: Joliet, Illinois 1976
White, Jr., John H. "Horsecars, Cable Cars and Omnibuses." Dover Publications: New York 1974
White, Jr., John H. "A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development: 1830-1880." Dover Publications: New York 1968
White, Jr., John H. "Early American Locomotives." Dover Publications: New York 1972

Internet resources

Making of America (MOA - University of Michigan) a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books
and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Making of America (MOA - Cornell University). This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Also check the various linked sites on the OPRT Links page. Click here.

Copyright

Photos, text, & graphics

Rights to the photos, text, logotypes, maps, diagrams and graphics on the OPRT website are the property of various individuals and organizations including the Old Plank Road Trail Management Commission, the Forest Preserve District of Will County, the Old Plank Road Trail Association, local governmental bodies, the site designer, OPRT volunteers and others. For more information or reproduction permissions please contact us. Click here.

Permitted use

The OPRT logos and word banners below may be downloaded and used by government and non-profit groups in newsletters and on websites.

Right-click on the image you want to download and select the "save image as," or "save picture as," options from the pop-up menu.

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			A 21-mile recreation and nature trail in northeastern Illinois
			Maps \| History \| Nature \| Events \| Get Involved \| Management \| Links
	Comments
			Send us your comments We'd appreciate hearing your comments, compliments, complaints and suggestions about the OPRT and the OPRT website. The OPRT web site was put together during March and April, 2002. We will be revising, correcting and adding addition information during the coming years. If you have stories, photographs, or additional information you think we should know about we'd be happy to take a look at it. Are you having site viewing problems Go to the assistance page for help setting up your browser for best OPRT website viewing. Click here.





	Contacts
			OPRT Management Commission Ralph Schultz, Chair Forest Preserve District of Will County Sugar Creek Administration Center 17540 West Laraway Road - Joliet, Illinois 60433 815-727-8700 (Click for a complete list of the OPRT Board of Directors) Internet site designer Jim Nugent Web Designer 23111 Central Park Avenue Richton Park, Illinois 60471






	Credits
			Much of the information on this website is drawn from these books, publications, and on-line resources. Books and publications "Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State, WPA American Guide Series." Oxford University Press: New York 1941, 1956 Carlton, J. Corliss. "Trails to Rails: A Story of Transportation Progress in Illinois." Eileen Smith Cunningham Reprints: Carrollton, Illinois 1956 Hadfield, Charles. "The Canal Age." Frederick A. Praeger: New York 1969 Havighurst, Walter. "The Heartland: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois." Harper & Row: New York 1956, 1962 Hornung, Clarence P. "Wheels Across America: A pictorial cavalcade illustrating the early development of transportation." A. S. Barnes: New York 1959 Jensen, Oliver. "History of Railroads in America." American Heritage Publishing: New York 1975 Landis, Charles K. "Rails Over the Horizon." Stackpole Sons: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1938 Laut, Agnes C. "The Romance of the Rails: The Story of the American Railroads." Tudor Publishing Company: 1936 (first published in August, 1929 by Robert M. McBride & Company). Molony, Bill. "A Brief Cronology of the Joliet Cut-Off: 1849 to 1997." 1997: Will County Historical Society Molony, Bill. "Documents Relating to the Organization of the Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad Company." Self-published photocopy document. Overton, Richard C. "Burlington Route: A History of the Burlington Lines." Alfred A. Knopf: New York. 1965 Quaife, Milo M. "Chicago's Higways Old and New: From Indian Trail to Motor Road." D. F. Keller & Company: Chicago 1923 Rockland, Michael Aaron (translator). "Sarmiento's Travels in the United States in 1847." Princeton University Press: Princeton 1970 Sterling, Robert E. "A Pictorial History of Will County: Volume II." Will County Historical Publications Company: Joliet, Illinois 1976 White, Jr., John H. "Horsecars, Cable Cars and Omnibuses." Dover Publications: New York 1974 White, Jr., John H. "A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development: 1830-1880." Dover Publications: New York 1968 White, Jr., John H. "Early American Locomotives." Dover Publications: New York 1972 Internet resources Making of America (MOA - University of Michigan) a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. Making of America (MOA - Cornell University). This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. Also check the various linked sites on the OPRT Links page. Click here.









	Copyright
			Photos, text, & graphics Rights to the photos, text, logotypes, maps, diagrams and graphics on the OPRT website are the property of various individuals and organizations including the Old Plank Road Trail Management Commission, the Forest Preserve District of Will County, the Old Plank Road Trail Association, local governmental bodies, the site designer, OPRT volunteers and others. For more information or reproduction permissions please contact us. Click here. Permitted use The OPRT logos and word banners below may be downloaded and used by government and non-profit groups in newsletters and on websites. Right-click on the image you want to download and select the "save image as," or "save picture as," options from the pop-up menu.
			oprt_logo_big.gif
			oprt-words.gif
			oprt_acronym.gif
			Maps \| History \| Nature \| Events \| Get Involved \| Management \| Links
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