Soon after a man opened a stagecoach inn names it The Half Way House because it was halfway between Oregon, Illinois and Chicago.

• 不久，又有一个人来开了一个旅店，起名叫HalfwayHouse(半路客栈)。因为这里正是伊利诺州，奥瑞根到芝加哥的中途。后来通了铁路，横穿艾尔本。