

Lawrence Lore
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Railroads and Railroad Towns
The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 18
- 2 min
Pinkstaff Inventors
Two researchers recently contacted the Historical Society about two inventors from the Pinkstaff area in the 1900s -Mark Bowman and...
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