A Town At A Crossroads: Effingham, Illinois 4K.
Effingham is a town that is known for being at a crossroads. There's an abundance of restaurants, hotels and gas stations in Effingham due to the amount of travelers that pass through on I-57 and I-70.
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10 Places in Illinois You Should NEVER Move To
Every state has cities and towns that are really nice, but they also have some that should be avoided at all costs, but to high poverty rates, a lack of decent jobs, a bad educational system, and/or high crime rates. Illinois is no exception. There are several communities that I would never recommend to someone moving to the Land of Lincoln. In this video, we're taking a look at 10 of those places.
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TRAVEL ILLINOIS : Our Illinois Road Trip HD
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The Most Notorious Sundown Town Of Them All: Anna, Illinois 4K.
Anna, Illinois in 2020 is trying to shed the reputation that it has of being a sundown town. Should the town change it's name?
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Amtrak map USA: Understand America's train routes
Understand Amtrak routes and thruway connecting services across the USA. This video explains Amtrak's train routes, how to plan journeys and buy tickets, and where you can and can't go.
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1:24 Amtrak routes on the East Coast
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2:45 NYC ⇆ North Carolina Amtrak maps
2:56 Amtrak's website and maps
3:13 Amtrak maps in the Northeast
3:52 Coast to coast on Amtrak (change in Chicago)
4:19 Gaps in the Amtrak route map
5:02 Amtrak's thruway connecting services
5:58 The joys of riding Amtrak
6:25 Amtrak website's various maps
6:57 Amtrak's Track-A-Train feature
7:31 Using Google Maps for Amtrak routes
8:07 Using Amtrak's website to plan thruway connections
8:34 Wrap-up
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So where exactly do Amtrak trains go in the United States? This video is an in-depth look at where Amtrak can take you, and how you can use Amtrak and its connecting services to get around America.
To get around America and travel between the cities on this map, sometimes it’s a single ride on one train and sometimes it isn’t. Most importantly, there’s no coast-to-coast service. So if you want to travel from, say, New York to Los Angeles, you’ll have to transfer. Most transfers between the east and the west part of the country are done in Chicago, which is a major Amtrak hub. You can also transfer in New Orleans.
The best way to figure out exactly how to get from place to place on Amtrak is to let them decide. When you buy tickets on the Amtrak website, you just put in your starting and ending points and it will give you whatever options there are. Often there aren’t really as many options as you’d think, assuming you want as few transfers as possible. For example, despite all the Amtrak lines in the northeast, there’s only one direct route between Boston and Chicago, and only two between New York and Chicago.
Speaking of the northeast, this is arguably the best-served area of the United States. Compared to other parts of the country, quite a few shorter and more specialized routes exist here. So you can take the Keystone Service between New York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; or the Pennsylvanian between New York and Pittsburgh. The Downeaster goes between Boston and Brunswick, Maine. From New York, the Adirondack and Maple Leaf take you to Montreal and Toronto, respectively. So, if you’re traveling around the northeast on Amtrak, you’re fairly well covered.
What if you want to go from Washington DC to Denver? In this case you’ll need two trains, either the Cardinal or the Capitol Limited to Chicago, and then the California Zephyr to Denver.
Now, while there are a lot of major and some not-so-major cities on this map, and thus ways to travel between them on Amtrak, there are obviously some gaps. We already saw how Amtrak doesn’t even enter Wyoming or South Dakota at all, and other states like New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Delaware just barely. And what about major destinations Amtrak *does* go, like Atlanta? Only one route passes through Atlanta, the Crescent. That means there’s no easy way to get between Atlanta and… Chicago, or Florida, or Nashville. New Orleans and Washington DC, those are pretty much your only options from Atlanta. In fact Amtrak doesn’t go anywhere near Nashville. Nor does it go to Phoenix, or Las Vegas, or Boise or Twin Falls, or Augusta Maine. And on and on.
The good news is that Amtrak partners with various transportation services, usually buses, around the country to provide access to many more destinations. This map, which is on the Amtrak website, shows these connecting routes in green. Amtrak calls them Thruway services. This is how you can fill in a lot of the gaps in Amtrak’s main train routes, and get to Las Vegas, or to Phoenix, or Montgomery Alabama, or Sarasota, or Nashville, or way up through Wisconsin and Michigan. This is how you explore more of Oregon and Colorado, and Kentucky and Ohio… and yes, how you can use Amtrak to move around the great state of Wyoming.
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The Smallest Towns In Illinois
Have you ever wanted to run away from it all? Many people have that thought, but few act on it. Besides, it's really hard to avoid other people. There are billions of us walking around, so most of us just have to deal with it. But...if someone does want to be a hermit, where do they go? In this video, we discuss the ten places in the state of Illinois with the smallest population, according to the most recent census data.
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A Forgotten Town in Southern Illinois
A forgotten town in Southern Illinois... Driving through Southern Illinois, we stumble upon a forgotten town. This town, unlike the rest of Illinois, is a virtual time capsule filled with forgotten items from the past.
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Amtrak Roomette, Bedrooms, and Seat Compared
Ready for your own Amtrak Adventure, but not sure whether to book an Amtrak Roomette, Bedroom, Family Bedroom, Coach Seat, or something else?
In this video, you'll see each one, including the pros and cons of each option, and if you stick around to the end, I’ll even show you how much they all cost!
In this Guide to Amtrak, you’ll see the differences between Amtrak’s Coach and Private Rooms. You’ll get a sense of each of the five types of Private Rooms offered by Amtrak: Amtrak Roomette, Amtrak Bedroom, Amtrak Family Bedroom, Amtrak Bedroom Suite, and Amtrak Accessible Bedrooms.
You’ll see the pros and cons of each option and even see how much you might have to pay for each option on Amtrak.
I’ll share what you get when you travel on Amtrak, no matter what kind of ticket you booked as well as what comes with each step “up” in price and accommodation level.
Whether you want a Coach Seat, Amtrak Roomette, Amtrak Bedroom, Amtrak Family Bedroom, or something else, this video will help you narrow down the right choice for you.
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Driving Around Small Town Effingham, Illinois in 4k Video
Filmed on Friday, June 16 2023, I drive around the village Effingham, IL to see what's going on.
The community was named after General E. Effingham, a local surveyor.
Effingham was first settled in 1814, and was known from then until 1859 as Broughton.
Effingham is historically important as a rail junction. The old Pennsylvania Railroad and the former Illinois Central Railroad crossed in downtown Effingham. Even today, Amtrak's City of New Orleans passes through daily.
The city bills itself as The Crossroads of Opportunity because of its location at the intersection of two major Interstate highways: I-57 running from Chicago to Sikeston, Missouri, and I-70 running from Utah to Maryland. For this reason, Effingham has a much broader range of restaurants and lodging facilities than typical towns of its size.
The Cross at the Crossroads, a 198-foot steel cross erected by the Cross Foundation is located in Effingham and was inaugurated in 2001. The cross is made out of over 180 tons of steel and cost over $1 million. The Cross Foundation claims that the cross is the largest in the United States, standing at 198-foot with a span of 113-foot.
As of the 2020 Census, there were 12,252 people residing in the city.
The racial makeup of the city was 97.3% White, 0.7% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.3% of the population.
The median income for a household in the city was $65,590 and the per capita income for the city was $34,440. About 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line.
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Effingham County: Hometown Feel, Big City Opportunity
The newest graduates of Leadership Effingham presented their ambitious class project and received their graduation plaques Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at the Mars Theatre in Springfield, Ga.
The class project is a marketing campaign for Effingham County, with the tagline, A Hometown Feel, Big City Opportunity. The class also produced this video in conjunction with Railyard Media.
Illinois Road Trip ???? What did I find on today's epic road trip? #roadtrip #illinois
Follow along today on my epic Illinois Road trip with lots of random Roadside attractions
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0:00 Two Story Outhouse, Gays Illinois
2:03 Frigid Queen
4:02 Kaskaskia Dragon, Vandalia Illinois
3:44 Gateway Arch Replica, Vandalia Illinois
5:38 My Garage Museum, Effingham Illinois
4:37 Effingham Cross, Effingham Illinois
4:59 Duct Tin Man, Effingham Illinois
7:48 Yard Art with Trucks, Brownstown Illinois
6:12 Teepee, Big Buffalo and Fighting Horses, St. Elmo Illinois
5:58 Giant Miller Lite, Altamont Illinois
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Let's Drive on I-70 east from east St Louis through Illinois to I-57 in Effingham
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In this 5K ULTRA HD drive tour video, I will be presenting my Let's Drive on I-70 east from east St Louis through Illinois to I-57 in Effingham. We start this video on I-70 near East St Louis. From there we will continue east passing by Highland, Pocahontas, Greenville, Smithboro, Mulberry Grove, Vandalia, and finally Effingham which is where this video will end.
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traffic on I-57/70 in Effingham, Illinois
This shows the traffic on I-57/I-70 in Effingham, Illinois in the mid early morning of Wednesday, October 4, 2017 (between around 9 and 10 a.m.) as viewed from the Best Western Motel which is located across the highway from the Flying J Truck Stop. The traffic flow at this time was not as great as during the early evening the previous night, which kind of
Springfield, Georgia - Walking Tour | 4K USA
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Springfield is a city in Effingham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,852 at the 2010 census,[5] up from 1,821 in 2000. The city is the county seat of Effingham County.[6] Springfield is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Let's Drive North on I-57 from Effingham Illinois to Mattoon Illinois
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The Best 5K Dash Cam Video You Will See All Day¹
In this 5K ULTRA HD drive tour video, I will be presenting my Let's Drive on I-57 from Effingham Illinois to Mattoon Illinois. We will start making our way towards Chicago on I-57 from Effingham Illinois. On our way to this videos end in Mattoon, we will pass by Neoga Illinois.
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Missouri I-44
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Texas I-40
New Mexico I-40
Arizona I-40/I-17/I-10/I-15/US 89/US 89A
California I-10/I-5/I-15
Nevada I-15
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The Way South: Effingham Cross
Chapter 3: A trip on Interstate 57 south in Effingham, Illinois. This is noted as the crossroads because of its short combination with Interstate 70, which reaches the far eastern and western United States. It is also known for the giant Cross at the Crossroads, which we'll pass by out of town. Also highlighted is a widening project for the area.
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While Chicago might be on everyone's radar for a visit to Illinois, Peoria, Illinois has plenty of activities for the whole family, whether you want to take a nice stroll through the Botanical Gardens, visit the zoo or catch a show at the Peoria Civic Center.
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Downstate Illinois Road Trip Roundup - Hiking Spots
This week's edition of the Downstate Illinois Road Trip Roundup centers around some of the best spring hiking spots in the southern region of Illinois!
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Effingham County: A Stroll Through Historic New Ebenezer and Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Enjoy a relaxing stroll through the grounds of Jerusalem Lutheran Church and the Georgia Salzburger Society on the banks of the Savannah River in Effingham County, Georgia.
Jerusalem Lutheran Church is the oldest continuous worshipping Lutheran Church in America. Established in 1733, Jerusalem is located at 2980 Ebenezer Road near the city of Rincon in a settlement known as New Ebenezer. The first Sunday School in Georgia was held in 1734 and the first orphanage was built in 1737. The church was built from bricks made of clay from the area from 1767 to 1769. The walls of the church are 21 inches thick and some of the original panes of glass are still in the windows. The bells were brought from Europe and are still rung before each service.
The first Salzburgers landed in Savannah after a two months trip across the Atlantic Ocean to escape religious persecution in their native country of Salzburg, presently known as Austria. Since the arrival of the first Salzburgers in Georgia on March 12th, 1734, the Salzburgers and their descendants have played an important role in the history of the State of Georgia and the United States of America. They have distinguished themselves through their service and contributions to the economic, social, civic, religious, and political life of this country.
The Georgia Salzburger Society was established in 1925. It has a membership of over seventeen hundred throughout the United States including some international members. The Society’s activities are organized around preserving the history and traditions of the early settlers of Old Ebenezer and New Ebenezer as well as genealogical research of the descendants of those original settlers.
The Georgia Salzburger Society continues to preserve the history and the folklore of the Salzburgers. Celebrate with us the wonderful “Heritage of our Ancestors”.
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