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A Guide to the History of Illinois. (1991) Howard, Robert P. Illinois: A History of the Prairie State (1972). Howard, Robert P. Mostly Good and Competent Men: Illinois Governors 1818–1988 (1988) Hutchinson, William. Lowden of Illinois the Life of Frank O. Lowden 2 vol (1957) governor in 1917–21; Jensen, Richard.
The two pioneer railroads were later consolidated and the lines eventually became part of the Illinois Central. The Monticello Railway Museum purchased 7 miles of the former Illinois Central Decatur and Havana District branch lines between Monticello and White Heath on 29-July-1987. White Heath is located at the northern end of the Museum's ...
Alden CDP, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2020 [10] % 2020 White alone (NH) 102 90.27%
Morrison is a city and the county seat of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States.The population was 4,188 at the 2010 census, down from 4,447 in 2000. [2] It is located on the Historic Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental highway and in Morrison was the site of two concrete "seedling miles", [3] which served as prototypes of what an improved highway could do for the nation.
Dorsey is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Dorsey is located in Moro Township, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Bethalto. [2] Dorsey has a post office with ZIP code 62021. [3]
The bill was voted down 14–8 in the Illinois House of Representatives Local Government Committee. [6] The development did not come to fruition due to the collapse of the residential real estate market. [7] The Potter and Barker Grain Elevator, built in 1868, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is the 73rd addition in ...
Hurst was founded in 1903 as a stop along the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, which had extended a line to the area from De Soto.Thomas Philip Russell, who donated some of the land for the new city, initially sought to name it after his family, but the name "Russell" was already in use elsewhere in Illinois.
Illinois Route 159 passes through the village on Main Street, leading north 15 miles (24 km) to Belleville and south 6 miles (10 km) to Red Bud. Illinois Route 156 enters the village on West Monroe Street and departs to the north with IL 159; it leads west 9 miles (14 km) to Waterloo, the Monroe county seat, and east 8 miles (13 km) to New Athens.