The City of Elgin will celebrate its Sesquicentennial in 2022. As we look forward to a year to commemorate, educate and celebrate in our community we look forward to sharing retrospectives about the community. As we are gathering items of history, we are finding unusual places and happenings from our last 150 years that may surprise us that have lived here a long time.  Elgin seemed to grow rapidly because of its location with railroads crossing and the brickyards giving employment to laborers. In 1905, Elgin was the fastest growing community in the United States. We also had some unusual businesses ...