Waddams Grove Railroad Station on the Illinois Central road, four miles west of Lena, was established in 1874.

It is a quiet settlement, containing a Methodist Church, school and other buildings peculiar to an inland town of measured resources ; also a cheese factory, started by F. S. Farley.

As a shipping-point for grain and some other articles of export, it promises, in future years, to attain some degree of importance,

Photo sent to us by John Macomber