Illinois: Illinois State Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1RR8_illinois-michigan-canal-office_Lockport-IL.html
In 1837 the town of Lockport was laid out by the Illinois and Michigan Canal commissioners and a residence-office was built. The first floor of the permanent structure was completed in 1837, and became headquarters for construction and administration of the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1U8T_fort-payne-historical_Naperville-IL.html
Near this site in 1832 a 100-foot square stockade enclosed by wooden pickets, with two blockhouses on diagonal corners, was built. Here Captain Morgan L. Payne and his company of forty-five men protected the settlers from roaming Sauk Indians during the Bla…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1U8V_stacys-tavern-historical_Glen-Ellyn-IL.html
Moses Stacy, soldier in the War of 1812, arrived here in 1835. This inn, built in 1846 and his second home, was a halfway stop between Chicago and the Fox River Valley and a probable stage stop for Rockford-Galena coaches. For many years the village was cal…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1V6Q_lewis-baldwin-parsons-historical_Flora-IL.html
Near this site was the home of Brevet Major General Lewis B. Parsons, who lived in Flora from 1875 until his death in 1907. Born in New York in 1818, Parsons graduated from Harvard Law School and began practice in Alton, Illinois. In 1854 he moved to St. Lo…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1V6S_the-general-dean-suspension-bridge-historical_Carlyle-IL.html
This bridge was built in 1859 at a cost of $40,000 and used for nearly seventy years. Previously, travelers at Carlyle crossed the Kaskaskia by ferry or on a mud bridge supported by logs. The Historic American Buildings Survey recognized the architectural s…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1V73_vincennes-tract-historical_Sumner-IL.html
The western boundary of the Vincennes Tract passed through this point. The line extended south-southwest thirty-nine miles from present-day Crawford through Lawrence, Wabash, and Edwards counties in Illinois. The Vincennes Tract was seventy-two miles wide. …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1VBU_william-jennings-bryan-historical_Salem-IL.html
Lived in Salem, Illinois, from his birth, March 19, 1860, until 1875. A national figure after his "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896, Bryan was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President in 1896, 1900, 1908, and served as Secretary of State, …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1VBV_salem-illinois-historical_Salem-IL.html
Salem is locally known as the "Gateway to Little Egypt". Egypt refers to southern Illinois. In the early days of statehood, crop failures threatened the existence of the isolated settlements in northern and central Illinois, and trips were made in…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2DMI_cedarville_Freeport-IL.html
Cedarville. . . Birthplace of . Jane Addams 1860 - 1835 . Humanitarian, Feminist, . Social Worker, Reformer, . Educator, Author, . Publicist, Founder of . Hull House, Pioneer, . Settlement Center . Chicago, 1889. President . Women's Internationa…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2FG6_the-first-beatle-in-america-george-harrison_-.html
The First Beatle In America - George Harrison. . In the late summer of 1963, four musicians from Liverpool, England - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr - collectively known as the Beatles, were poised to conquer pop culture and m…