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History of Nokomis Free Press-Gazette

The Free Press-Gazette found its origin in the consolidation of the Free Press and the Gazette. The Gazette was established in 1871 by...

Hap's Tavern - Coalton Illinois

I've been collecting photos for the Historical Society for more than a decade now. We didn't have a single photo from Coalton. Local...

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,...

City of Nokomis Illinois History

Early History of Nokomis Illinois With the building of the Alton & Terre Haute Railroad, Nokomis came into existence. T. C. Huggins of...

Early History Of Nokomis Illinois

Up to the beginning of the nineteenth century little progress was made in extending the frontier beyond a small strip on the eastern...

The First Baptist Church Nokomis IL

Baptists living in Nokomis and vicinity formed the first Baptist church on May 24, 1856, when a group of three men and five women...

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...