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In 1949, Bluff Equipment Inc., a Case IH, Kubota, and Arctic Cat dealership, was founded, and is still located there. In addition, it is rumored that debris from the Chicago Fire of 1871 was dumped near Bluff City. Bluff City was also the home of the Okaw Valley Opry, operated by Bill and Eveyln Oliver for many years.
Bluff City is an unincorporated community in Hickory Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. Bluff City is located on Illinois Route 100 , 8.5 miles (13.7 km) east-northeast of Browning .
Bluff City, Schuyler County, Illinois Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
Bluffs is a village in Scott County, Illinois, United States. The population was 715 at the 2010 census. It was briefly (1969–1971) the location of the WJJY TV Mast, the tallest structure (1,610 feet tall - 491 m) built to that date in Illinois. Bluffs is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Lake Bluff, Illinois was first settled in 1836. In the mid-1870s, the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist Episcopal camp, was founded on 200 acres (81 ha). Most structures at that point were of contemporary architectural styles, but were mostly one-story wood-frame buildings.
Location of Madison County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
In that year, John G. Brooks, a flamboyant entrepreneur, and nine other associates bought the Siegler Corporation of Centralia, Illinois, for $3.3 million; $3.2 million of this was borrowed for 24 hours at a cost of $60,000.
The city, situated on a prominent bend along the Mississippi River, quickly grew to 12,000 inhabitants and was for a time rivaling for the title of largest city in Illinois. By the early 1840s, the Latter Day Saints built a large stone temple in Nauvoo , one of the largest buildings in Illinois at the time, which was completed in 1846.