Dixon, IL | 2. Her Horses Were Her Life

Crooked City: Dixon, IL

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0	It's December 18, 1990.
0:15.4	Rita Crendwell walks out of City Hall and makes a right onto South Hennepin Avenue.
0:21.2	It's below freezing.
0:23.3	At the corner, Rita turns right again and walks a full block until she reaches the bank.
0:29.5	As Dickson's treasure comptroller, she's a regular here.
0:34.5	Hello, how's it going?
0:36.5	Cold day today.
0:37.5	Some more small talk.
0:39.5	Are you ready for Christmas?
0:41.5	That's great.
0:43.5	And then, to business.
0:46.5	I'm here for the Finance Commissioner.
0:48.5	Need to open up a new account for the city?
0:50.5	Just a little paperwork?
0:52.5	Great.
0:53.5	Rita fills out the form, writing the words, reserves to her capital development account.
0:57.5	Rita leaves the bank and will not mention the existence of this account to anyone for the next 21 years.
1:09.5	She was a Lee County girl, country girl, started at the bottom and worked her way up.
1:18.5	Everybody admires that kind of thing in a town like Dickson.
1:22.5	Dickson is still the boyhood home of President Ronald Reagan.
1:27.5	May it's a little place in the Rock River, Dickson Illinois.
1:34.5	People in the community without our asking sent money to City Hall.
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