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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HPM_welcome-to-illinois_Rockport-IL.html
In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted in French claims on the area until 1763 when, by the Treaty of Paris, France ceded the land to Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HON_mormontown-site_Griggsville-IL.html
On February 22, 1839, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, refugees driven from Missouri under the "Extermination Order" of Governor Lilburn Boggs, settled on this site. The property was owned by Thomas Edwards, who later jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HO9_civil-war-monument_Pittsfield-IL.html
Dedicated to the members of Maj. Sam. Hays Post 477 G.A.R. Dept. of Ill.
And other comrades who fought to keep our country undivided and our flag maintained unsullied
1861-1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B05_lincolns-pike-county_Pittsfield-IL.html
Pike County, Illinois was organized January 31, 1821,named for Zebulon Pike, early explorer of the Louisiana Purchase and general in the War of 1812. The first settlement in 1820 was founded by Ebenezer Franklin, followed by Daniel Shinn and four …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B04_pike-countys-lincoln_Pittsfield-IL.html
Abraham Lincoln was a frequent visitor to Pike County.He left his judicial circuit and crossed the Illinois River to practice law with many of Pike County's leading attorneys, forming close associations with prominent Whig and Republican Party mem…