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Staunton grew with the introduction of the railroad and a coal mine in the 1860s. New immigrants from Ireland, Germany and Italy moved to Staunton, and the community soon became one of the largest cities in southern Illinois. The Staunton Star-Times started publication in 1878. In 1891, Staunton applied for city status and elected its first ...
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.
The Daily Republican is an American daily newspaper published Mondays through Fridays in Marion, Illinois.In 1987, the paper was acquired by Hollinger. [1] Former owner GateHouse Media purchased roughly 160 daily and weekly newspapers from Hollinger in 1997.
The final rosters for the 4 Nations Face-Off international tournament were unveiled on Wednesday as the NHL prepares for its first best-on-best tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Bloody Williamson - A Chapter in American Lawlessness. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06233-7. Ayabe, Masatomo, “Ku Kluxers in a Coal Mining Community: A Study of the Ku Klux Klan Movement in Williamson County, Illinois, 1923–1926,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 102 (Spring 2009), 73–100.
The former Auburn head coach recently completed his fourth season at UCF. The Knights won nine games in each of his first two seasons but fell to 6-7 in 2023 before winning just four games this ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Williamson has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2), of which 0.05 square miles (0.13 km 2), or 3.86%, are water. [2] The village is drained to the southeast by tributaries of Silver Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Kaskaskia River .
The Williamson County Courthouse is a government building in Marion, the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois, United States. Built in 1971, it is the fourth courthouse in Marion's history. Land was registered in today's Williamson County as early as 1814, [1] : 442 but the county itself was formed only in 1839 from the southern half of ...