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A gift shop provided books and funeral-related gifts, including coffin-shaped keychains and chocolates. It was closed in March 2009 due to poor attendance and handling of the museum's trust fund. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The contents of the collection were transferred to the Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum in Carthage, Illinois , in February 2011.
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Lake Springfield: 1933-1934 Vachel Lindsay Home: 603 S 5th St 1848 Greek Revival November 11, 1971 Virgil Hickox House: 518 E Capitol Ave c. 1839 March 5, 1982 William Beedle House 411 S 8th St 1840 Witmer-Schuck Building 630 E Washington St 1867 Zimmerman Paint Store Building 417 E Adams St c. 1860-1870
The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamo Journal by William Bailhache and Edward Baker, and describes itself as "the oldest newspaper in Illinois". As such, it and its editor, Edward L. Baker, supported the political career of the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln in the years before the American Civil War; in fact, it was in the Journal ' s office that Lincoln and his friends waited ...
Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY January 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM Three juvenile suspects linked to the fatal shooting of a Georgia bus driver are now in police custody, officials say.
The majority of the district's buildings were constructed during Springfield's population boom in the 1860s and its subsequent growth in the latter half of the 19th century. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry goods stores; some of the stores built in this period are still in operation.
Police in the Canadian capital of Ottawa say they have arrested and charged a suspect in the deadly stabbing of Christopher Smith in 1996.
Renée Zellweger took a step back from acting for a six-year stretch in the 2010s, and she's opening up about the reason for her hiatus.. The Oscar-winning "Bridget Jones's Diary" actress, 55 ...