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See who won new titles and awards at the annual Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs convention, held this past weekend in Springfield. County fair queens, others receive honors, titles at ...
Millville is a defunct settlement in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, located within the boundaries of Apple River Canyon State Park. Founded in 1835 and platted in 1846, the community was washed away completely by a flood in 1892. No visible remnants of its structures remain today.
Transportation in Washington County, Illinois (9 P) Pages in category "Washington County, Illinois" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.
Washington is a rural conservative county in Southern Illinois that has always trended Republican in presidential elections. The only Democrat to win a majority of the county's ballots since the Civil War was Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1932 landslide. Historically, the county was dominated by organized labor and family farms.
The fair is looking for other future events to host. The website lists a farmers market as a potential idea that is taking vendors. [15] With the next solar eclipse occurring in 2024, the fair is looking to be a "prime viewing" location for the event with hopes that tourists will stay in local hotels and visit local businesses. [16]
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