History of Wayne County, Illinois
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Release : 1884
Category : Wayne County (Ill.)
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Page : 452 pages
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Release : 1884
Category : Wayne County (Ill.)
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Release : 1983
Category : Wayne County (Ill.)
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Page : 170 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Wayne County (Ill.)
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Page : 752 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Clay County (Ill.)
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Author : Brookhaven Press
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Page : 734 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 1884
Category : History
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Author : W. R. Jones
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Page : 105 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Wayne County (Ill.)
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Author : Judith Puckett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 17,72 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0738593567
Known as the home of the Prohibition-era Shelton Brothers Gang, the true heritage of Wayne County, Illinois, is the collective life of its ordinary citizens--their surroundings, activities, and challenges. In 1819, settlers named the county seat Fairfield because there was "no fairer field" than the broad prairie between the timberlands. Villages scattered across the 715-square-mile county attracted families, teachers, doctors, blacksmiths, ministers, and merchandisers. The railroad brought prosperity. Fairfield's opera house, college, woolen mill, stately churches, elegant homes, and packed business district made it a social hub. In the 1900s, Sexton Manufacturing added a massive factory complex, including Cambridge Court cottages for unmarried female workers. On farms, poultry production reached industry levels. By the 1920s, the county had over 100 one-room schools. The discovery of oil in 1937 relieved Depression-era woes and fueled Fairfield's civic expansion after World War II. These photographs show generations of shopkeepers, students, farmers, musicians, builders, barbers, teachers, merchants, and factory workers in the heart of the rural Midwest.
Author : Wayne County Ill. Good Old Days, Inc
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Page : 40 pages
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Release : 1963
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Page : 752 pages
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Release : 1884
Category : Clay County (Ill.)
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Author : Alice Eichholz
Publisher : Ancestry Publishing
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781593311667
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.