To The THOMSON PHOTO MEMORIES Thomson Depot, Thomson IL Contributed by Jean Lavin The Thomson Burlington Depot, located on Main Street, was built in the late 1800's shortly after the completion of the Burlington tracks between Fulton and Savanna in 1886. Today it is the Thomson Depot Museum containing memorabilia spanning more than 100 years! The depot is exactly the way it was a hundred years ago. Thomson being the "Melon Capital" of Northwestern IL used this railway line to transport their Melons. Johnsons Resort, Sand Slough, Thomson IL Melon Wagon