Just a tiny bit of Rensselaer is south of the river, on what are now Park and Home Avenues. The Iroquois River looks quite a bit different, with a few more curves and a long narrow channel that is no longer there. An artesian well and a sulfur spring no longer exist. I had read about the sulfur spring, but had thought it was a bit further downstream. Many streets have been renamed, something discussed here.
Shown on the map but not captured in the photo is a proposed railroad that would have run west from Fort Wayne to somewhere in Illinois. I have seen it on other, later maps as well. I wonder what happened to it. It is a reminder that many projects never get beyond the planning.
Who or what was Bradford?
3 comments:
You find interesting things wherever you go. Good for the Rensselaer Adventurer.
That sulfur spring might have disappeared awhile ago, but I remember that smell of rotten eggs going by there (at the water treatment plant, right?)
The artesian well certainly sounds interesting, as well as the race track and fairgrounds.
Nice post!
I graduated sjc in the early 70's. The college had AWFUL "sulpher water" back then. Maybe it still does? Sometimes when I took a shower, I felt "dirtier" AFTER the shower than before.
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