​President William McKinley, the nation’s 25th president visited Decatur via train on May 3, 1901, one of several U.S. Presidents to visit here over the years.  The combined populations of Decatur and New Decatur (later Albany) at the time were about 7,500.  Virtually the entire population of both towns turned out at the then depot (replaced by the current depot in 1905) to greet the President and his wife Ida. 

​You may have seen tracks in the middle of some of our historic downtown and residential streets.  Are those leftover from real streetcars or were they simply added later for decorative purposes?  Indeed, they ARE real streetcar tracks!