Elgin residents who became transportation leaders featured in this year’s cemetery walk

Elgin residents who became transportation leaders featured in this year’s cemetery walk

You may not know the name Theodore J. Schmitz but you definitely know of his legacy. It was the Elgin man’s idea to mark the center of roads with yellow paint as a means of dividing traffic and keeping cars in the proper lanes, a concept first applied on the streets of Elgin. It’s his story and six others that will come to life Saturday and Sunday during the 38th annual Bluff City Cemetery Walk presented by the Elgin History Museum. Actors portr…