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Four Roses Tavern in Yorktown?
The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.

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Denise 87 posts Oct 15, 2007 2:16 PM	Richard Hinton writes: What was the Four "Roses Tavern" in Yorktown ? I have an ashtray bearing that name along with "compliment of "Babe and Rosey
bob 7 posts Oct 15, 2007 6:49 PM	THE FOUR ROSES TAVERN WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RT. 92, WHERE CADY IMPLEMENT IS TODAY. IT WAS NAMED THE FOUR ROSES AFTER THE MOTHER AND FATHER AND TWO CHILDREN THAT MADE UP FOUR. I CAN REMEMBER THE SCANLEN KIDS, WHICH WERE FOUR BOYS AND A SISTER THAT PLAYED MUSIC THERE. THEY WERE VERY GOOD. NORDON WAS ONE OF THEM AND HE STILL LIVES IN TAMPICO. THAT IS ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW. BOB Last Edited by on Oct 15, 2007 6:50 PM
bob 9 posts Oct 22, 2007 5:50 PM	THE FOUR ROSES WAS REALLY A TRUCK STOP. I AM NOT SURE IF IT SERVED ANY DRINKS.
Dale 1 post Oct 26, 2007 10:47 AM	Bob was partially right in his answers. The Four Roses Tavern was named after my father, Joseph Rose (Rosey), my stepmother Josephine (Babe), my sister Carole and me. Of course, Dad always featured Four Roses whiskey prominently as well. It has been a long time since I have been in Yorktown, so I can't vouch as to whether Cady's has expanded into the area where the tavern was. Bob may have been thinking of the first tavern Dad had, which was in a converted gas station on the corner right in front of Cady's. Later he moved east down the street into a house which he converted into the Four Roses Tavern. This would have been in 1945-1947. I was in the third and fourth grades during this time. I do remember the Scanlans and saw them several times in Tampico, but do not recall them ever having been at the tavern. That is not to say that they never were. In the later period, my sister and I were not living at the tavern full time so it could have been at a time that I was not there to see them. As to a truck stop in the area, the only one I remember was the Sinclair Station which was across the street from Dad's first tavern.
bob 10 posts Oct 27, 2007 11:59 AM	i talked to two of the scanlon brothers and they remembered playing music at the four roses. i was born in 1943, so, u was fairly young then. bob
Dale 2 posts Oct 29, 2007 11:32 AM	I suppose it is possible that whoever took over the tavern after Dad moved kept the name. That is a common practice just about everywhere. For example, where I live we have a local business that bears a family name, none of whom have been associated with that business for at least 10 years. I have no way of knowing this, but it certainly is a possibility. It definitely would expand the time frame that the Four Roses Tavern operated beyond the 1947 date when Dad moved on to other things. The ashtray which brought on this discussion most definitely would have been from 1946 or 1947. Last Edited by on Oct 29, 2007 11:33 AM
decrandall 2 posts Nov 19, 2007 1:07 PM	After Babe and Rosey owned the Four Roses. It was my grandparents (Harold H., Sr. and Alice Crandall) that purchased, operated and lived there. I remember there was a white billboard across the highway (92) during the period my grandparents owned the tavern. A movie projector was setup in the second-story window pointed across the road and movies were projected onto the billboard. Families would come to Yorktown and there were three places to eat plus go to the grocery store and even get a haircut. The barber was located in a railroad caboose just south of the grocery store. If you were a kid a haircut was a quarter and you would be given a nickel in change. The nickel would allow you to purchase a treat such as a Snickers or other brand from the barbers candy case. The truck-stop was booming due to the traffic going to and from the Quad-cities coming thru Yorktown heading east and west. Yes, there also were the Red Dot cabins for the overnight travelers to stay in town. Memoriees of the past, Dale Crandall Last Edited by on Nov 19, 2007 1:16 PM

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