Blog

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...

The Home Built By American Zinc Co.

The three story brick home site on the Southwest corner of brick paved Jefferson and Tremont streets, one block west of South Main St. Built

Eagle Zinc Superfund Site Tour

The Lanyon Zinc Co. of Hillsboro Illinois began zinc smelter operations in 1912. Eagle-Picher Industries purchased the location in 1919...

American Zinc Company 1918

Do you recognize this industrial plant in 1918? American Zinc Company - ASARCO - Taylor Springs Illinois By Tom Bliss Do you recognize...

American Zinc Company (ASARCO)

The American Zinc Company plant (now ASARCO) was built in 1911 on land at the west edge of Taylor Springs. The plant site and adjoining...

Prize Winning Safety Ship 1926

By Tom Bliss - Montgomery County News Do you remember when this "safety ship" won the blue ribbon or first prize for the best decorated...