Well, everyone from DeKalb, Illinois, home of NIU, knows that it is the name of a great bar where the DeKalb Footstompers play every Homecoming to a packed house. The place is named after the Stanley Cup and called Lord Stanley's. Of course, it is a HUGE Blackhawks bar, just the place to watch a Hawks game or any hockey game for that matter.
Back when we were at NIU, it was the Shamrock and back then the upper level was open for partying as well. It was one of out downtown bars which also included the Uprising (now Otto's), Andy's (now open whenever the owner gets around to it), McCabe's (now closed), the Candlelight (torn down but where the downtown McDonald's is now and Sullivan's (referred to as Sully's).
These bars were all part of what we referred to as the Lincoln Crawl, so named because DeKalb's Main Street is none other than the famed 1913 Lincoln Highway.
Crawlin' the Crawl. --Cooter
This grew out of my Down Da Road I Go Blog which now has become primarily what I'm doing and music. I was getting so much history in it, I spun this one off and now have World War II and War of 1812 blogs which came off this one. The Blog List below right has all the way too many blogs that I write.
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