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It’s a pitch-black Sunday morning in 1909 and 7-year-old Willie Revelli is standing along the railroad tracks in the tiny Illinois coal...

Fell Dead at His Home Friday, January 13, 1922 at 12:15 P.M. - One of the Most Prominent Merchants in Hillsboro for the Past Forty Years...

Lieutenant Jesse K. Allen - Killed By Hostile Indians - Yakima Expedition 1858

Walter Duzan passed away on June 30, 2021. During his career, he was a lab technician, x-ray technician, ambulance driver and...

For Memorial Day ~ Remembering Private Fred W. Limper: The Remains of Private Fred W. Limper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Limper,...

On September 3, 1939 William Henry Miller committed suicide by blowing up his home up with more than 320 sticks of dynamite. At Old...

Mary Hartline passed away August 12, 2020. I set up a tribute to Mary Hartline display downtown using items from the Historical Society...

This photo was taken at the Soda Fountain at Finley's Pharmacy - Max was a talented artist and operated a real estate agency in...

Hiram Murphey - A prosperous farmer born in Clermont County Ohio December 8, 1816 came to Carrollton, Illinois January 1828 to Macoupin...

Sad news. Ruth Ann Heselov has passed away. The Heselov family ran both Heselov's Style Shop (Yoffie's) and later added the Boutique by...