In honor of
The Buel Institute
the pioneer farmers association of Illinois. Organized in 1846, its membership was drawn from Putnam, LaSalle, Bureau, Marshall, Livingston and Peoria counties, and its activities for half a century exerted an . . . — — Map (db m213625) HM
This marker commemorates
the Granville Convention
of November 18, 1851
at which Jonathan Baldwin Turner first proposed the plan for establishing higher institutions of scientific industrial learning by federal aid, a plan which laid the . . . — — Map (db m213623) HM
John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell was born in 1834 in Mount Morris, New York, the son of Joseph Powell a Methodist preacher and avid abolitionist. When Powell was 12 years old, the family moved to a farm in Wisconsin. When he was 18, . . . — — Map (db m199793) HM
[Top plaque] In memory of John and Sarah Swaney, pioneers of this community whose generosity made this school possible. Class of 1910
[Bottom plaque] Site of first consolidated grade and high school formed in . . . — — Map (db m213626) HM
The Village of Standard
Salutes Its Veterans
Dedicated 11-11-2021
World War I Era
1917-1918
Bean, Walter • Bernardi, August • Bernardi, Delindo • Bernardi, Dominic • Bernardi, John • Bernardoni, Rugero • Bernardoni, Santo • . . . — — Map (db m253438) WM
