Dixon, IL

Thundertubs · #1 Posted **Mar 11, 2010, 4:55 PM**

Dixon is a town of almost 16,000 on the Rock River in Lee County, Illinois. It was the boyhood home of former president Ronald Reagan, who was born in nearby Tampico, IL.

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Dixon has a solid downtown for a town it's size.

The Wings of Peace and Freedom, a remarkably bad sculpture.

Houses on Ottawa Ave

Lee County courthouse

Galena Ave

Taking a hike in rural Ogle County, to the northeast of Dixon.

Illinois is generally flat, but it gets interesting near the rivers.

photoLith · #2 Posted **Mar 11, 2010, 5:03 PM**

Wow, thats a pretty big downtown for its size, nice photos. I had no idea Reagan was from Illinois, weird.

MOTOR · #3 Posted **Mar 11, 2010, 5:11 PM**

Neat!

stepper77 · #4 Posted **Mar 11, 2010, 9:28 PM**

Cute place. Thanks!

rockyi · #5 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 2:03 AM**

Thanks for the tour of a local (for me) town.
Even though it's fairly close I've only been to Dixon a handful of times. Once when I was younger and braver I took a drunken drive to see a friends band play in a bar somewhere on the main street in downtown Dixon. Today I don't even drive two blocks drunk.

Evergrey · #6 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 2:19 AM**

Another classy small town from the "Land O Reagan". The downtown is structurally awesome... and even features a Thai restaurant!

ue · #7 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 2:34 AM**

It could have the same amount of historical character of Saskatoon! And only 16k!!

Centropolis · #8 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 2:36 AM**

outstate Illinois and thai = peas in a pod? one of my favorite thai places ever (probably due to availability while working on a jobsite there) is in springfield.

lawfin · #9 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 7:16 AM**

Got gas there once.

They have a thai restaurant.....who'd uv thunk

I prefer Vietnamese

boden · #10 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 1:10 PM**

Another great set of pics Thundertubs...this pic is just the kind of urban scene that I love.

obt · #11 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 2:52 PM**

Very neat. Thanks for sharing!

xzmattzx · #12 Posted **Mar 12, 2010, 6:33 PM**

Nice pictures. Dixon looks like an interesting place for a smaller population.

glowrock · #13 Posted **Mar 13, 2010, 5:18 AM**

Sorry, couldn't help myself but to post something from the Reagan Presidential Library!

Nice shots, though. Very nice!

Aaron (Glowrock)

rockyi · #14 Posted **Mar 13, 2010, 5:23 AM**

Thundertubs, do they still have that arch ^ across the Main street?

glowrock · #15 Posted **Mar 13, 2010, 7:04 AM**

Well rockyi, if Dixon doesn't have one any longer, I guess Simi Valley's the only place to see it then!

Aaron (Glowrock)

LSyd · #16 Posted **Mar 13, 2010, 5:58 PM**

cool, i like the mini-skyscraper

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rockyi · #17 Posted **Mar 13, 2010, 7:12 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by glowrock

Well rockyi, if Dixon doesn't have one any longer, I guess Simi Valley's the only place to see it then!

Aaron (Glowrock)

It's in the lower 40's and drizzling here at the moment so Simi Valley sounds quite nice.

CastleScott · #18 Posted **Mar 14, 2010, 3:52 AM**

Great pics here, haven't been but a couple of miles south of Dixon on I-80, hey did you get into the Quad Cities??

ethereal_reality · #19 Posted **Mar 14, 2010, 3:57 AM**

Interesting thread. Thanks for posting your photographs.

flar · #20 Posted **Mar 14, 2010, 8:27 PM**

Looks like just the kind of place that could provide a President with some memories he might use to conjure up images of the Heartland.