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A Boy and his Violin - William Revelli

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...

Ten Companies Sent To Taylor Springs To Guard Works, Lives, And Property

August 14, 1923 Karbine still here but most of plant employees to not recognize union pleas. Ten companies of troops, of the Illinois...

John L. Lewis Plaque Dedication

John L. Lewis plaque dedication. John L. Lewis (1881-1969) was President of United Mine Workers from 1920 - 1960.

Coalton Illinois History

The Nason Coal Company sank a mine a miles west from the corporate limits of Nokomis about 1913. Interested people laid out a town plot,...

History of Wenonah Illinois

A mine was sunk in 1905 one mile north of Nokomis. A town sprang up near the mine was named Wenonah in keeping with the Indian...