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The Village of Metamora puts on Old Settler's Days each year around the third week of June. It's a century-old tradition involving carnival rides, live local music, and plenty of food. The Lincoln-Douglas 5K and 8 Mile Runs are also conducted during the weekend of Old Settler's Days.
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Notable contributing buildings include the Odd Fellows Building (1853), Gordon Hall Building, Jonathan Banes House, Metamora Masonic Hall (c. 1875), Martindale House (1838), Metamora Christian Church (1871), Redmen Hall Building (c. 1870), and Farmers Bank of Metamora (1923). [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 ...
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A challenging time started a chain of events leading to this restaurant in Metamora, Illinois.
Metamora is the location of Indiana's oldest and still operating grist mill. Metamora is also home to the only existing wooden aqueduct in the United States (the Duck Creek Aqueduct), [7] with a historical review of the canal history which fueled the southeastern Indiana economy until its displacement by the railroad. The canal is named after ...
If it’s early September, it’s time for the Old Settlers celebration in downtown Olathe. The festival — featuring carnival rides, a parade, entertainment and even a gab fest — starts on ...
His very popular 1829 play Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags had a stage run over 60 years. [9] This play inspired four new Midwestern towns to adopt the name Metamora — Metamora, Ohio in the 1830s, Metamora Township, Michigan in 1838 after the 1836-37 Toledo War caused the removal of Metamora from Michigan Territory to Ohio, Metamora, Indiana also in 1838, and Metamora, Illinois in 1845.