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El Paso, Illinois Post Office The Campbell House, 1896 The Campbell House Memorial West Block of Front St East Block of Front St. El Paso was founded by George Gibson and James Wathen. Gibson gave it the Spanish name El Paso, either after El Paso, Texas, [10] or because of a nearby railroad junction. [11]
This is a list of archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites . [ 1 ]
El Paso Township is located in Woodford County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,459 and it contained 1,387 housing units. [2] El Paso Township formed from Palestine Township in September, 1861. El Paso is located at 40°44'20" North, 89°0'58" West (40.738800, -89.016034).
El Paso freight station is a historic freight depot located at 17 East Main Street in El Paso, Illinois. The freight depot was used by both the Illinois Central Railroad and the Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad , the two railroads which served El Paso and contributed significantly to the city's history.
Other claimants arose attempting to wrest the county seat from Metamora, including Eureka, El Paso, and Roanoke. El Paso was nearly awarded the seat in 1867, when it sent a local attorney to make an offer of $30,000 to the town of Metamora to relinquish the county seat. A closely contested vote ended with the apparent result in favor of El Paso ...
History of Aurora, Illinois (2 P) C. History of Chicago (22 C, 244 P) J. ... Pages in category "Histories of cities in Illinois" This category contains only the ...
In this 1988 file photo, Tracy Dearing, left, and Mary Dobrydnia hold a T-shirt in front of the former Skewer Inn, now The Gap, in Northwoods Mall. Dearing is also holding her 13-month-old son, Sean.
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