This view from East Willow Street shows an example of what the town Elburn offers its residents. This body of water provides residents with an easily accessible pond if they ever want to go fishing. The north side of this particular pond, provides a bench for pedestrians to stop and take in the landscape.
The Elburn water tower located on North 1st Street, captured here, can be seen from almost everywhere in Elburn but it can be best viewed from North Main Street. According to the Village of Elburn’s official website, it holds a total of 748 gallons of water and it stands about 319 feet tall.
The park next to the Elburn Community Center, located on North Main Street, is great for the children of Elburn. When the Community Center was more prominent, the park was a popular spot for parents to take their children on a summer night like this. Now, the park is more of a nostalgic landmark within Elburn for those who remember the excitement they had playing on those very swing sets that are mostly vacant today.
The Elburn Veterans Memorial on East North Street is across the street from the Elburn Town and Country Public Library. The battle tank sits to the east of the Elburn Police Department and has been there since Nov. 11, 2002. It was put there to honor those from Elburn who served and for those who died serving in WWI and WWII.
A landscape view of a cornfield on the west side of Anderson Road approaching a bridge. This photo was taken on Hicks Drive, which is lined with many industrial buildings. This view shows the beauty that can be found throughout Elburn in places that may often be overlooked. While this road is often used by the trucks traveling in and out, pedestrians will frequently include this area into their stroll or run through the neighborhood for a change of scenery.
An overview of the Elburn train station from a bridge on Anderson Road. The bridge was built in 2015 and has made travel through Elburn to the train station more accessible. This bridge connects the two main subdivisions of Elburn. Since the bridge was opened, residential development company Shodeen has built a considerable amount of houses on the south side of the bridge and continues to expand that neighborhood.
A view from the Kaneland Youth Baseball Fields at Blackberry Creek Elementary School in Elburn. This photo looks out on to Keslinger Road towards the Elburn train station. This area also provides many paths for walkers, runners and bikers. “For me a spent four years playing at those fields. I changed and I grew into the player I am today because of coaches and relationships I gained when I was at these fields,” Junior Kayden Johnson said. He describes the impact something as simple as a baseball diamond means to a person, and truly a place he will remember for the rest of his life.
Route 47 (Main Street) through downtown Elburn at sunset. On the left side of the road is Chevrolet car dealership Bob Jass, Reams Meat Market and Alice’s Ice Cream Place. Reams is a very well-known meat market and is always super busy. Many people from well outside of Elburn frequently go to Reams. Alice’s is also a staple in Elburn. During the summer, it’s not a rare sight to see a massive line at Alice’s and the lots at both Alice’s and Reams overflowing.
![When I chose to take a tour of the Old Joliet Prison in Joliet, IL, I had no idea what I was walking into. I’ve heard of multiple paranormal events happening here, but I was more interested in how a prisoner lived. I wanted to feel their hopelessness and wanted to understand what it must have been like to sit in an empty cell and yearn for sunlight.
The Old Joliet Prison is a daunting structure that appears, seemingly, out of nowhere. When driving to the prison, it isn’t until someone is a few feet away that they see the large walls and barbed wire. Just driving past it, they can feel a change in the atmosphere.
When a prisoner is being driven there, they don’t know how close they are. They are driving through a suburban neighborhood before they reach a small unassuming bridge. Yet, as soon as they go under the bridge and back into the sunlight, they finally see the prison and know that as soon as they go in, they will never come out.
“In 1878, the Prison was filled well over capacity with nearly 2,000 inmates,” according to jolietprison.org, a website that tells the history of the prison and allows for you to sign up for tours. “[There were] reports of unsanitary and dangerous conditions emerged.”
Throughout the state, people knew the allegations that staff was abusing the prisoners as well as killing them. Once a prisoner was told that they were going to Old Joliet Prison, they knew that it was a death sentence](https://kanelandkrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/prison1.jpg)
