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The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (often referred to as the Milwaukee Road) (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1980, when its Pacific Extension (Montana, Idaho, and Washington) was abandoned following a bankruptcy. Around this time, the company went through several official names and faced bankruptcy on multiple occasions. The eastern half of the system merged into the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1986, a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (reporting mark CP). Although the "Milwaukee Road" as such ceased to exist, much of its track continues to be used by multiple railroads.

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society was organized in the spring of 1982 in a former C&EI depot in Rossville, Illinois by some fifty fans and former employees of the railroad. Our purpose is to preserve the history of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, its subsidiaries, its corporate predecessors and its corporate successors.??�

Herbert T. Chaudiere, born September 3, 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey, passed away on September 9, 2000 in Redmond, Washington. Herb served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was Vice-President for Bruck, Richards and Chaudiere, Inc., an acoustic firm in the Seattle area, functioning as an acoustical expert. Herb enjoyed chasing trains and recording railway sounds, and was a published artist in this area. A nationally recognized model railroader, he published numerous articles for magazines on how to engineer a model railway, and was involved with the Puget Sound Garden Railway Society, the Narrow Gauge Railroad Society, the Acoustical Society and the Audio-Engineering Society. He also enjoyed building scale model railroads and was an avid photographer, particularly focusing on railroads and old gas pumps.

The Chelan County Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates the Cashmere Museum & Pioneer Village, began in 1955 as a collaborative effort between local collector Willis Carey and local businesses, led by John McDonald and the Cashmere Chamber of Commerce.� Carey was terminally ill with cancer, and wanted his large personal collection of Native American artifacts, historical relics, antique and curios, famous throughout Central Washington, to be displayed together and preserved for posterity.� The community leaders and citizens of Cashmere agreed.� Incorporated in 1956, the building opened in 1959, housing and highlighting Carey's renowned collection, and what would become known as the Pioneer Village acquired its first structures, the blacksmith shop and Mission church.� Ultimately growing to include 20 original structures, the Pioneer Village showcases a carefully restored Great Northern Railway caboose and a one-room school house, originally located in Brender Canyon.� Officially opened in 1967,�the Pioneer Village recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2017.� �And in 2007, the Russell S. Congdon collection of ancient art and artifacts, sourced from archaeological sites on the mid-Columbia River, was donated to the Museum and is now housed in the Archaeology Wing. The building is now over 13,000 square feet, with two floors of thoughtfully curated Native American objects, pioneer artifacts, geological specimens, taxidermy, and ornithology.�� The cabins in the Pioneer Village are furnished with antiques from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.