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Belleville became known as "The Stove Capital of the World." The first brewery in Illinois was established in Belleville. In 1868, Gustav Goelitz founded the candy company that is known today as "Jelly Belly." [5] An immense deposit (400,000 acres (1,600 km 2)) of bituminous coal was found in St. Clair County. By 1874, some farmers had become ...
The Belleville News-Democrat has been featured on the television programs 60 Minutes, Dateline and Nightline, as an example of investigative reporting. [3] In 2003, an article in Editor & Publisher called the News-Democrat one of "Ten newspapers that do it right" under the leadership of former publisher, Gary Berkeley, and former editor, Greg Edwards.
Belleville Belleville: Aug 11, 1913: $45,000 121 E. Washington St. Dedicated 20 Jan 1916 6: Belvidere Belvidere: Apr 8, 1910: $17,500 320 N. State St. Constructed in 1912 and opened to the public in February 1913. A 15,000 square foot expansion was added in 1987. 7: Blue Island Blue Island: Mar 14, 1902: $15,000 Open 1903–1970 8: Brookfield ...
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The average high temperature for Morris in July is 84.5 °F (43 °C), while the average January low is 15.4 °F (-9.2 °C). Morris has not been struck by any major tornadoes in recent history, although they occur in Northern Illinois annually. Morris was the first town hit by the Super Outbreak of April 3–4, 1974. However, the damage within ...
Belleville has a connection to the St. Clair County Transit District's 14-mile (23 km) MetroBikeLink shared-use path system. This was the first segment of the MetroBikeLink system when it opened in 2002 and consisted of a 4-mile (6.4 km) trail, running from the Swansea station to Southwestern Illinois College. [6]