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Watseka is a city in and the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. [2] It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of the Illinois-Indiana state line on U.S. Route 24 . The population of Watseka was 4,679 as of the 2020 Census.
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Watseka have ranged from a low of 14 °F (−10 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −28 °F (−33 °C) was recorded in January 1999 and a record high of 105 °F (41 °C) was recorded in August 1988.
In 1878, physician and Spiritist E. Winchester Stevens examined Vennum. Stevens’s accounts were published in the leading Spiritist journal of the time, The Religio-Philosophical Journal, and later in an 1887 book entitled The Watseka Wonder in which he described Vennum as "the most remarkable case of spirit return and manifestation ever recorded in history."
Lowell E. Baier was born on January 6, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up on a farm outside the small town of Remington, Indiana. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America. He became an Eagle Scout in 1954, at the age of 14.
Watseka or Watchekee (c. 1810–1878) was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians. [1] She was also known by the name of Josette (or Zozette) Bergeron. [2] [3]
The Old Iroquois County Courthouse, now known as the Iroquois County Museum, is a history museum in Watseka, Illinois, which served as the Iroquois County courthouse from 1866 until 1964. The Italianate building was designed by C.B. Leach and built by contractor A.C. Mantor. In addition to housing county courts and offices, the building also ...
Lewis V. Morgan, Illinois state representative, judge, and lawyer [20] Chris Nybo, member of the Illinois Senate and past member of the Elmhurst City Council. [21] Jim Ryan, Illinois Attorney General from 1995–2003. [22] Jerry Stermer, 8th Illinois Comptroller who served briefly after the death of Judy Baar Topinka. He was raised in Elmhurst ...