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The Section House mentioned in these stories was a bunkhouse built by the Illinois Central on the way through here. It was a lone landmark at the time, pre-dating Rutland by a couple years. It stood just north of the mine dump where the little pond is now. This house became the first permanent Flynn home. It stayed in the family for 3 generations. My dad and his brother were born in this house.
The T&E RR was actually the Toluca, Marquette, and Northern. It ran from Rutland to Toluca, then north to Spring Valley. It was owned by Charles Devlin, who also owned the Toluca coal mine and many other properties. There was no connection to the I.C. at Rutland.
Park View Hall was an early church, school, jail, firehouse, and finally a town hall. It stood where the water works is now, north of the park.
Two fires in the 1890s destroyed most of the original main street. The hotel stood on the corner where Harolds restaurant was. There was a stable behind for guest use. The G. A. Austin bldg is the corner one across the street north from Harold's."''"〔Jim Flynn commentary of information originally published in the Rutland Record Centennial Edition (1955).〕