Buske Lines, Inc.
THE BUSKE LINES, Inc. located at 123 West Tyler Avenue, has been operating trucks for 30 years. The company was started in 1923 by Mr....
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Jeff Dunn
- Jan 9, 2011
History of Honey Bend Illinois
When the Wabash Railroad was built across North Litchfield Township, in 1870, at a distance of about six miles from Litchfield, and near...
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Jeff Dunn
- Jun 11, 2010
A Butler Ghost
Excerpt from Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Montgomery County Volume II A BUTLER GHOST During the summer of 1916...
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Jeff Dunn
- Aug 29, 2009
History of Litchfield News-Herald
THE Litchfield News-Herald prides itself in being the community’s oldest institution, founded in 1856 as the Litchfield Journal. A file...
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Jeff Dunn
- Aug 14, 2009
History of Farmersville Illinois
The most Important town in Bois D’Arc Township is Farmersville. Names often indicate some local event or are given in honor of some...
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Jeff Dunn
- Aug 13, 2009
Butler Illinois First Settlers
The first white settler of Butler Grove Township was Jacob Cress, who came here during the spring of 1818, and settled what later became...
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Jeff Dunn
- Jul 29, 2009
Fillmore Illinois United Methodist Church
Fillmore United Methodist Church January 1, 1874 A letter from Albert BLISS To Sister BUTLER October 7, 1838, Albert BLISS moved into a...
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Jeff Dunn
- Jul 29, 2009
Fillmore Illinois Baptist Church
By: Ward MERRIMAN On February 19, 1891, the Fillmore United Baptist Church was organized. In April 1891, lots were purchased and the...
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Jeff Dunn
- Jul 29, 2009
Fillmore Illinois Sovereign Baptist Church
On January 4, 1978 the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church was organized in Fillmore. Reverend Robert D. McDONALD was their first pastor. With...
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Jeff Dunn
- Jul 29, 2009
Early Fillmore Illinois History
In the autumn or 1816 a small group of white men from Kentucky, who had settled in what is now Bond County, traveled in a northerly...
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