![]() In 1963, naturalist May Theilgaard Watts wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune imploring the transformation of the unused Chicago, Aurora Elgin Railway into a trail. RTC is also exploring how to fill gaps in trails between Racine and small towns to the westand Milwaukee to the northto create a 75-mile destination bicycling trail in Racine County. This route connects to the 116.7-mile Oak Leaf Trail, which forms two connected loops throughout Milwaukee County. The Milwaukee Road ceased operations in 1985, and pieces of the former rail line were slowly converted into rail-trails. Paul, Minnesotaeventually extending across the entire northern tier of the U.S. Keith asked, What if you leverage an already big investment in trail infrastructure What if you made small, smart investments to connect those resources It was thought that the benefits of trails would be exponentially higher if theyre working together.īy 1857, railroad tracks stretched from Milwaukee to the Mississippi River, and soon thereafter, the rail line, known as The Milwaukee Road, had made it south to Chicago and west to St.
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