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Stockton-on-the-Forest is a good example of a linear village, as it follows only one main road (Stockton Lane/Sandy Lane) for approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km), branching out only near the west end. Many of the houses along the main road do not have house numbers but individual names many with references to agriculture, local features or mysticism.
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
A blacksmith's striker is an assistant (frequently an apprentice) whose job is to swing a large sledgehammer in heavy forging operations, as directed by the blacksmith. In practice, the blacksmith holds the hot iron at the anvil (with tongs) in one hand, and indicates where to strike the iron by tapping it with a small hammer in the other hand.
It opened as Stockton station in 1847–8, was renamed to Stockton Forest (later Stockton-on-the-Forest) in 1867; in 1872 it became Warthill station. The station closed in 1959. The station closed in 1959.
[8] [2] The Stockton streetcar operations were taken over by Stockton Electric Railroad (by then an SP Subsidiary) in 1929. [9] Interurban service ceased on February 4, 1933, [10] [1] but local streetcars continued to run in Sacramento until the service was acquired by National City Lines in 1943. [11] Electric service ended on December 22 ...
American Forest Products Corporation (AFPC) was a Fortune 500 [1] company initially producing wooden boxes and shipping materials but expanding into the timber, sawmill, and lumber industries. The company began in the 1920s and operated under the same leadership until it was sold to the Bendix Corporation in 1969.
Pleasantville – A hamlet on County Road 54 in the southwest corner of the town. South Stockton – A hamlet in the southeast corner of the town on County Road 380. Stockton - The hamlet of Stockton on County Road 380 west of Cassadaga; formerly known as Delanti. [7] Stockton State Forest – A New York State Forest located in the town.
The route begins at an interchange with SR 99 in eastern Stockton. SR 26 then exits Stockton after crossing a canal and heads eastward. After crossing Jack Tone Road, the direction of the highway turns slightly more northeasterly. The road then briefly enters the city of Linden, before intersecting Escalon-Bellota Road.