Do you remember the depot?

This was the depot in 1910. (Roger Allen did not shoot this one).

Text by Al Rabenold

The Rock Island Lines Depot in Montezuma was built in 1879 with the first train pulling out on Christmas Day a year later.

Boys on tracks near the depot.

Photos by Roger Allen

Enjoy Roger Allen’s photos of a former Montezuma landmark that was demolished in 1979, one hundred years after it was built.

It was located where the Montezuma City Office & Fire Department are today.

 

The depot.
A boy on a bike near the depot.
Depot in 1976,