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An Illinois family celebrated a special Thanksgiving dinner this year with a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who joined them for the holiday. Guy and Marcia Miller of Aurora, Illinois, welcomed ...
Polar Express Train Rides will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, at 4:30 and 7 p.m. on Fridays, 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. On Dec. 17, an additional matinee ride will ...
When the Polar Express passes Herpolsheimer's, the kids cheer and rush to the train's windows. This is the first indication of the film's setting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the department ...
Since 1954, the restaurant has been owned and operated by the Hastert family. Robert Hastert Sr. was the first family owner-manager. Hastert had begun as a wholesale poultry dealer at the Aurora Poultry Market during World War II and later owned the Harmony House restaurant in Aurora, Illinois, which he had opened four years before he bought White Fence Farm. [2]
The farm at Larsen Lake is popular with residents and tourists, and includes U-pick blueberries. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1995, the blueberry farm suffered from a devastating fungal outbreak. The use of fungicide to stop the outbreak led to controversy since the farm lost its organic status.
Van Allsburg based the story on a mental image of a child wandering into the woods on a foggy night and wondering where a train was headed. [4]At the premiere of the film, Van Allsburg stated that Pere Marquette 1225, a 2-8-4 Berkshire N-1 class steam locomotive, formerly owned by the Michigan State University and now owned by the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, was the inspiration for ...
Santa Claus visits Gabe McDonnell, 15, Kyla McDonnell, 6, and Brenna McDonnell, 12 — the children of The Oklahoman Features Writer Brandy McDonnell — on Oklahoma City's "The Polar Express ...
The roundhouse was designed by Levi Hull Waterhouse, who designed several important structures in the Aurora vicinity. [3] The walls of the structure were constructed with locally quarried limestone from Batavia, Illinois. [3] There were originally twenty-two stalls in the roundhouse, with an additional eight added three years after completion.