![]() ![]() Thompson built patios from thousands of railroad ties and old bridge planks. Sheltered by the elevator, he has a homemade, C-shaped bar. More than two years ago, one of his first steps in the restoration was painting in black letters, “BEER,” on the tin roofs that face the sky and railroad tracks. Thompson has given new life to a wooden, metal-sided elevator that he thinks dates back to 1901. He said when the weather’s nice, the crowds have been great. ![]() “People are looking for a place to go,” Thompson said between busily making change, talking to visitors and getting more ice for bartenders. “It’s like a party on somebody’s patio,” he said. Brady lives along Route 40 at Camp Point, and says the number of motorcycles going past his house each weekend increased this summer due to the attraction. “It’s not just bikers,” Russ Brady of Camp Grove said as a Chevelle owner revved his engine, drawing cheers from the bar and patio.īrady has been driving his old Pontiac convertible frequently to the saloon since it opened Memorial Day weekend. In fact, antiques buff Frank Fritz from the LeClaire, Iowa-based “ American Pickers” History Channel show showed up at “the Silo” on Saturday. And while many arrived on Harley-Davidsons, a lot of folks with no fascination for Harleys have been showing up since Troy Thompson of Princeton started opening the place to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The throng of people coming and going from the outdoor bar, lawn and deck ranged in age from 21 to 71. 6, the Psycho Silo Saloon is no longer a secret at all. A project to rescue a century-old grain elevator along railroad tracks in western Bureau County has turned a sort-of-secret clubhouse into a weekend business.Īnd, judging from the crowd Saturday in the ghost town of Langley east of Sheffield and west of Route 40 along U.S.
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