On 6th Avenue at Court Street West, on the left when traveling east on 6th Avenue.
Created in 1818 in first session of Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation in Treaty of Ft. Jackson, 1814. Named for Gen. Arthur St. Clair, hero of Revolution, governor of Northwest Territory. First settlers from . . . — — Map (db m28143) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 231) south of 9th Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1870 St. Clair Co. was still under Radical Republican Reconstruction. On August 20, 1870 honorable men of the County (former Confederates) had decided to hold the first Democratic Convention after the War Between the States. The meeting would be . . . — — Map (db m28142) HM
On 8th Street, 0.1 miles south of 8th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This park was dedicated on May 15, 1990 to D. O. Langston for his service to the town of Ashville, his support for senior citizens, and his enduring impact on our community.
A native of Oakvale, Mississippi, Mr. Langston was born in 1904 and died . . . — — Map (db m156372) HM
In 1817, John and Margaret Ash, their children, and the Rev. Thomas Newton, Margaret's father, were part of a wagon train traveling west on the old Montevallo Road. In Beaver Valley, between Ashville and Odenville, their three-year-old daughter, . . . — — Map (db m156373) HM
On Greensport Road (County Route 24), on the left when traveling east.
John Looney and son, Henry, served in General Andrew Jackson's volunteer company which built Fort Strother on Coosa River and later fought at Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Looney's family of nine moved from Maury Co. Tenn. to homestead 1817 in St. Clair . . . — — Map (db m24066) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 411) at 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 5th Street.
Greek revival antebellum home built by Moses Dean in 1852, acquired by John W. Inzer in 1866. Home occupied by Inzer family from 1866 to 1987. In July 1987 home and its contents, including extensive law library, deeded by family heirs to St. Clair . . . — — Map (db m28092) HM
Near Pleasant Hill Church Drive, 0.1 miles north of Washington Valley Road (County Route 31), on the left when traveling north.
James Cummings Hallmark led in organizing and building the church about 1850. In 1854, George Shotwell deeded three acres of land, including the church house and cemetery, to the trustees of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, South.
The first . . . — — Map (db m95968) HM
On State Highway 144 at No Business Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 144.
Original log house of worship built St. Clair
Co. near Broken Arrow Creek, six miles from
Coosa River. Named Harkey’s Chapel for first
Minister, the Rev. David Harkey of Cahawba Circuit.
Present church built 1903-04 by A. I. Abels . . . — — Map (db m28089) HM
On Cook Springs Road, 0.1 miles south of Interstate 20, on the right when traveling south.
Near this site, and founded by entrepreneur Lafayette Cooke, for whom the community of Cook Springs was named, the hotel resort, operated from 1884 to 1954, was a grand example of mineral-springs resorts developed around the nation during that era. . . . — — Map (db m217684) HM
On Hardwick Road north of Mays Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Listed below are names of soldiers mustered in the Confederate Army under an apple tree at Cropwell. They marched to Montevallo (75 miles) there boarding a train to join Gen. Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia.
Capt's Wm. T. Smith • James D. . . . — — Map (db m217702) WM
On Hardwick Road at Mays Drive, on the left when traveling north on Hardwick Road.
United Daughters of Confederacy
chartered 1914
The Coosa River was a factor in area
until impounded 1946
to form Lake Logan Martin — — Map (db m217719) HM
On Mays Drive at Hardwick Road, on the right when traveling north on Mays Drive.
Post office established as Diana 1834
Name changed to Cropwell 1837
Masonic Lodge chartered 1857
In 1887 Birmingham & Atlantic R.R.
came to Cropwell — — Map (db m217724) HM
On Camp Winnataska Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Dr. Elwyn Ballard, Commissioner of Boy Scouts in Birmingham, and his wife, Florence Aye Ballard, discovered this site in 1914, and became vital forces in the founding and growth of the camp. Boy Scouts and Boys Club members from the area first . . . — — Map (db m49659) HM
Margaret traces its roots to the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company, which organized in the early 1900s and developed Margaret coal mines under the leadership of its president Henry F. DeBardeleben. Named after DeBardeleben’s wife Margaret, the town was . . . — — Map (db m50759) HM
On Liberty Road at U.S. 411, on the right when traveling west on Liberty Road.
Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized on this site in March, 1835. However, the congregation probably met here as early as 1821, when Rev. Peter Harden and other Presbyterians first settled in the valley. The present church building . . . — — Map (db m217728) HM
On July 14, 1864 a small group of brave Confederate Cavalry under General James H. Clanton approximately 300 strong were overwhelmed by a vastly superior Union Cavalry force under General L. H. Rousseau. The Confederates were attempting to protect . . . — — Map (db m35593) HM
On Cogswell Avenue at 18th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
Created in 1818 by territorial legislature. Named for Revolutionary hero, Gen. St. Clair. First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia – veterans of Creek Indian War, 1813-14.
Pell City established as industrial town in 1890 by George H. Pell of . . . — — Map (db m49666) HM
On Cogswell Avenue (U.S. 78) at 19th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
Founded by railroad investors and incorporated on May 6, 1891. Pell City was named for one of the financial backers, George Hamilton Pell of New York. Nearly disappearing after the panic of 1893, the town was redeveloped after 1901 by Sumter . . . — — Map (db m49660) HM
On 1st Avenue North at 19th Street North, on the right when traveling west on 1st Avenue North.
The town charter for Pell City was granted in 1887. The town was named for George Hamilton Pell, a prominent New York industrialist and president of the East and West Railroad. In 1901, the town was almost deserted when a young man named Sumter . . . — — Map (db m49656) HM
On 2nd Avenue North at 21st Street North, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Avenue North.
The earliest neighborhood in Pell City was the Residential District, located on the northern boundary of the Downtown Historic District. The Residential District was the preferred location for many of the earliest leaders involved in the growth and . . . — — Map (db m49667) HM
On Comer Avenue at 26th Street North, on the left when traveling north on Comer Avenue.
The Pell City Manufacturing Company, completed
in 1902, was the main catalyst in the growth
and development of Pell City. It was the first
cotton mill in the South with the distinctive
sawtooth roof design. In addition to the mill
itself, the . . . — — Map (db m217682) HM
On Wilson Street at McGinnis Circle, on the left when traveling north on Wilson Street.
Originally chartered as Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Charter member and first pastor was Sion Blythe
who served for 17 years.
The oldest church in St. Clair County.
Presbyterian and Methodist denominations used
the church building before . . . — — Map (db m37831) HM
On Beason Cove Road, 0.1 miles east of Curt Hinton Drive, on the right when traveling east.
In 1815, Revolutionary War Veteran Captain Edward Beeson received a grant for this land for providing provisons to Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia. In 1830, Beeson and other community members constructed a log church here. In 1885, William . . . — — Map (db m156399) HM
On Mascoutah Avenue (State Road 177) east of Monument Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to those from the Belleville area who gave their all in the Vietnam War
Allen Gray 1950-1971 • Pete Hammond 1948-1969 • Ronald Roberts 1949-1968 • Terry Pensoneau 1944-1968 • John Lankford 1944 - 1968 • Charlees Geller . . . — — Map (db m225045) WM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
A native of Belleville, King entered the family business, Marsh Stencil Company, in 1952 and became the manager of export sales. By 1998 she had developed a network of distributors in a hundred countries. She was a member of overseas trade missions . . . — — Map (db m208520) HM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
When the doors opened at Belleville Savings Bank's new building on October 15, 1913, the bank was the oldest and largest in Belleville. It had been chartered in 1859. German immigrant Edward Abend, who came with the first group of "Latin Farmers" . . . — — Map (db m143316) HM
On Mascoutah Avenue (Illinois Route 177) 0.1 miles east of Monument Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This memorial is erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 173, in honor of the men and women of Belleville who answered their country's call of past wars and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice. — — Map (db m225044) WM
On State Highway 15 at South Illinois Street (State Highway 159), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 15.
Thanks to the Survivor Tree Seeding Program by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, this Callery pear tree was grown from the fruit harvest from a severely damaged tree found during the rescue and recovery process at the World Trade . . . — — Map (db m184960) HM WM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Daughter of prominent civic leader Colonel John Thomas, Alexander-Bahrenburg in 1887 took over management of Belleville Citizen's Horse Railway. In 1900 she was elected one of the first female trustees of the University of Illinois. She became in . . . — — Map (db m152949) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Born in Belleville, Buddy was the son of Christian Ebsen, the physical fitness instructor of the Belleville Turners. Fitness and dance instruction by his father served Buddy well and led to a 70-year career in show business. The Ebsen family left . . . — — Map (db m153304) HM
On East Main Street west of High Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1867, Henry Deidesheimer was one of three businessmen who built three identical buildings on adjoining lots on East Main Street at High Street. Each brick and iron building was three stories tall. Deidesheimer's dry goods and grocery store . . . — — Map (db m157736) HM
On East Main Street just west of North Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
When Dorothea Deichmann had this building constructed in 1892, it was still unusual for a woman to own property in her own name, erect buildings, and conduct her own business, but Deichmann was ahead of her time. She sold hats at this location from . . . — — Map (db m143390) HM
On West Main Street at South 11th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
German immigrants Jacob and Barbara Sieg purchased this property in 1844 from Theodor Higard, who in 1837 began to develop what would become the Village of West Belleville. Their orphaned daughter, Maria moved away but returned after marrying . . . — — Map (db m181842) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
A Missouri newspaperman, Daley came to Belleville in 1916 to become the executive director of the new Greater Belleville Board of Trade and promote the civic and economic development of Belleville. In 1917, he led the effort to convince the War . . . — — Map (db m152953) HM
On East Main Street at Mascoutah Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
The park is on the site of Hanover House, built in 1862, and later named Hotel Tiemann. The three-story hotel was demolished in 1998. Ever and Anon Park was developed by the Belleville Heritage Society.
Old Belleville Historic District, one . . . — — Map (db m143389) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Blair was a Scottish American who arrived in St. Clair County in the 1790s and became the county sheriff. Soon after 1800 he moved to a 200-acre farm in the Clinton Hill Precinct. On March 10, 1814 he concluded negotiations with a county commission . . . — — Map (db m152951) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Bunsen fled to St. Clair County in 1834 after participating in a failed revolt. He farmed with other Latin Farmers and taught school. He was elected a delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1847. . . . — — Map (db m208519) HM
On Abend Street at Mascoutah Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Abend Street.
Gustavus Koerner came to Belleville from Germany in 1833. He took a law degree from the University of Heidleberg in 1832. Shortly after, he was arrested during a political demonstration. He escaped and joined a party of emigrants. In Illinois his . . . — — Map (db m140531) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Abandoning hope of political reform in Germany, members of the Friedrich Engelmann family, including daughter Sophie, immigrated to the Belleville area in 1833. Sophie's suitor, Gustave Koerner, accompanied them after participating in a failed . . . — — Map (db m153301) HM
On East Garfield Street at Mascoutah Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Garfield Street.
Adam Gintz, the president of Belleville's Western Brewery, built a saloon on the corner of Garfield and Mascoutah in 1896. Successor businesses would continue to provide alcoholic beverages here for more than a hundred years. The earliest . . . — — Map (db m143311) HM
On Mascoutah Avenue at Monument Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Mascoutah Avenue.
In loving memory to our departed comrades and ladies of auxiliary camp John D. Milley No.75 Dedicated Nov. 1, 1957 Equality - Justice - Freedom May it reign. Spanish American War 1898 - 1902 — — Map (db m225254) WM
On Old Collinsville Road, 0.2 miles north of Clinton Hill Drive, on the right when traveling north.
John Messinger received a formal education in New England before settling on the Illinois frontier in 1802. After serving as St. Clair County Surveyor, he was appointed Deputy United States Surveyor and platted much of the government land between . . . — — Map (db m140532) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
A native of Bavaria, Germany, Liese arrived in Belleville in 1864; became a bookkepper; and began teaching music. He joined the new Belleville Philharmonic orchestra in 1867 and became its second conductor in 1869. Until his resignation in 1885, . . . — — Map (db m152952) HM
On West Main Street at North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
At age 18, Fred Kastel began his career as an electrical contractor in 1906. He would remain in the business for 50 years. For much of his career he installed electrical wiring and fixtures in buildings constructed before the use of electricity was . . . — — Map (db m152863) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
A Belleville native, Mueller pitched in the minor leagues after graduating from Belleville Township High School in 1937. The Detroit Tigers called him up for the 1941 season. Following service in World War II he returned to Detroit in 1945 and was a . . . — — Map (db m153289) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
A native of Connecticut, Trumbull arrived in Belleville in 1837 to practice law. He successfully challenged the last legal justification for slavery in Illinois. Before moving from town in 1848, he entered politics, serving a term in the Illinois . . . — — Map (db m153287) HM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Edwards came to Illinois from Kentucky in 1809 to become territorial governor. After Illinois attained statehood in 1818 he served as one of the state's first two US Senators. Even before moving to Belleville in 1824, Edwards heavily invested in the . . . — — Map (db m153303) HM
On West Main Street at South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Henry Peters did something unusual for a saloonkeeper. He bought the property on which his rented saloon stood and built his own saloon at this location in 1910. A native of Germany, Peters became a saloonist in the 1890s and along with many fellow . . . — — Map (db m152881) HM
On West Main Street west of South 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east.
Joseph Reichert, who had emigrated from the German State of Baden, was a prosperous miller in Freeburg seeking a business opportunity in Belleville. He constructed this building in 1880 to be operated by his daughter and son-in-law, Maria and John . . . — — Map (db m152864) HM
On West Main Street at North Lincoln Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
A Belleville native, Goalby graduated from Township High School in 1947 after starring in football, basketball, and baseball. He played football at the University of Illinois but chose golf for his career. Having honed his golf skills while a caddie . . . — — Map (db m152950) HM
On East Main Street just east of South Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Peter M. Romeiser, a German immigrant and Civil War veteran, opened a small clothing store for men in 1878 that grew into a mercantile empire extending from this building to South Jackson Street in 1906. His innovative pricing policy in the retail . . . — — Map (db m143387) HM
On West Main Street near North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west.
Belleville native Sterling graduated from Belleville Township High School in 1922 and worked as a stenographer. By 1925 she was an assistant secretary at the Belleville Casket Company and rose through the ranks to become company president in 1953, . . . — — Map (db m157740) HM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
St. Clair National Bank began business in a former saloon at this location in 1919. The bank flourished and hired the local architectural firm of Frank Riester and Otto Rubach to design a new building that would convey a sense of the bank's . . . — — Map (db m143314) HM
On Illinois Route 15 at South Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling west on State Route 15.
The terrorist did not have the capability to destroy the United States military, so they set their sights on destruction of symbolic targets instead. The World Trade Center symbolized America's economic power and prosperity. The Pentagon . . . — — Map (db m185014) WM
On West Main Street at North Illinois Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
For Germans yearning to live in a freer land, Justice Theodor Hilgard of the appellate court of Rhenish Bavaria encouraged scouts to immigrate to the United States to locate favorable places to settle. In 1833 they began the Latin Farmer migration, . . . — — Map (db m157746) HM
On Mascoutah Avenue at Monument Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Mascoutah Avenue.
Under the white stone markers, are the remains of a relative or friend.
In Gettysburg, they stand row after row and seem to have no end.
When the nation was in danger, they answered the call to arms.
They came from cities, villages, . . . — — Map (db m225106) WM
On South 11th Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South 11th Street.
For 30 years, West Belleville was an independent municipality. founder was Theodor Hilgard, A Judge from Rhenish Bavaria who immigrated here in 1835 as part of the Latin Farmer migration of intellectuals and dissidents who left Germany for a . . . — — Map (db m181852) HM
On West Main Street east of North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east.
Opening night at the Washington Theatre was January 17, 1913. The admission price was 10 cents. Owner and theater magnate Louis Landau, Jr., directed the first night's performance include both vaudeville acts and a silent movie. Live music . . . — — Map (db m152865) HM
On North 5th Street north of Madison Street, on the right when traveling north.
The oldest black town in the United States, Brooklyn, Illinois, had its origins in the northern part of the present town. Despite the black code laws meant to discourage African-American settlements in Illinois, Brooklyn's oral history recounts the . . . — — Map (db m186738) HM
On 4th Street at North 2nd Street (Illinois Route 3), on the left when traveling south on 4th Street.
At the regular meeting on July 3, 1916 a resolution was adopted to build a new high school on Broadway and 7th Street. The school bell was originally situated in the school tower. The class of 1960, raised funds to purchase bricks to build the . . . — — Map (db m186736) HM
On Elm Street south of West 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.
John Jacob Hays was born in New York circa 1770. His family emigrated to North America from the Netherlands in 1720. The Hays family belongs to Congregation Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish Congregation in the United States.
John Jacob . . . — — Map (db m202482) HM
On East 1st Street just east of Church Street, on the left when traveling east.
In July 1778 Captain Joseph Bowman and a small band of rangers were dispatched by Col. Clark from Kaskaskia to Cahokia to offer the Cahokians the opportunity of becoming free as citizens of the Republic of Virginia. Cahokians were guaranteed all . . . — — Map (db m142123) HM
On East 1st Street just west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
Cahokia was Lewis and Clark's host community for much of their six month stay in Illinois. Meriwether Lewis was often found in Cahokia on expedition business through the winter of 1803-04. During this important period of preparation, Lewis spent . . . — — Map (db m140559) HM
On East 1st Street close to Church Street, on the left when traveling east.
Founded on May 14, 1699 as an Indian mission by missionary priests from the seminary of foreign missions at Quebec, Cahokia was the first European settlement in the entire Mississippi Valley.
A significant mission and a principle fur trading . . . — — Map (db m142085) HM
On East 1st Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on East 1st Street.
On February 26, 1993 the first meeting of the Cahokia Association for the tricentennial was held.
The goals set forth for the organization were to celebrate 300 years of continuous settlement, from the year 1699 to 1999 and to create a . . . — — Map (db m142880) HM
On Elm Street just north of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
Cahokia Courthouse is one of the region's oldest buildings and a unique remnant of the French occupation of the mid-Mississippi Valley. Originally constructed in about 1740 as a dwelling, the building became a courthouse in 1790. For twenty-four . . . — — Map (db m142087) HM
On East 1st Street just east of Church Street, on the left when traveling east.
Pontiac was an Ottawa Indian, born about 1720 in the Detroit area. By 1755, Pontiac had become a Chief. In 1763 warfare began between the Indian tribes and the English. The Indians were unsuccessful in their attack on Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt . . . — — Map (db m142121) HM
On East 1st Street, on the left when traveling east.
Cahokia was occupied on July 6, 1778 by Captain Joseph Bowman and about 40 men and Kaskaskians. Capt. Bowman selected an old stone house, known as the DuVerger Home, built in 1763, as headquarters.
George Rogers Clark set up a civil government . . . — — Map (db m142088) HM
On East 1st Street, on the left when traveling east.
With this marker we honor Captain Jean Baptiste Hamelin and the citizens of Cahokia for their sacrifice, and the role they played in the American Revolutionary War. In the latter days of the Revolutionary War, both American and British had ambitions . . . — — Map (db m132349) HM
On Camp Jackson Road (State Road 157) at Falling Springs Road, on the right when traveling east on Camp Jackson Road.
The Great River Road in Illinois follows the Mississippi River through the heart of the nation. Discover exciting history, thriving river cultures, beautiful natural areas, abundant wildlife, and bountiful agriculture as you experience the Great . . . — — Map (db m206414) HM
On East 1st Street at Mississippi Avenue (Illinois Route 3), on the left when traveling east on East 1st Street.
George Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia on the night of July 4-5, 1778, and then sent a small company under Captain Joseph Bowman northward to Cahokia. Bowman met no resistance from the French settlers along the way, and took possession of Cahokia on . . . — — Map (db m140497) HM
On East 1st Street just east of Falling Springs Road, on the left when traveling west.
This landmark structure has withstood time, owners, and many different uses. It remains remarkably intact today. The Jarrot Mansion was completed in 1810 for Nicholas Jarrot, a native Frenchman who achieved prosperity through trade, land, and law in . . . — — Map (db m145034) HM
On East 1st Street just east of Falling Springs Road, on the right when traveling east.
Major Nicholas Jarrot, 1764 - 1820, Frontier merchant prince, French Revolution refugee, built this Cahokia home, 1799 - 1806, for his American born wife, Julie St. Gemme de Beauvais, 1780 -1875, daughter of American Revolutionary patriots. . . . — — Map (db m145035) HM
John Jacob Hays was born in New York circa 1770. His family emigrated to North America from the Netherlands in 1720. The Hays family belongs to Congregation Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish Congregation in the United States.
John Jacob Hays . . . — — Map (db m140422) HM
On East 1st Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on East 1st Street.
On December 7, 1803, William Clark and several recruits landed at Cahokia, a town of about 700 residents. Meriwether Lewis was on the road to St. Louis to meet with the Spanish Governor. Two local men, Nicholas Jarrot and John Hay, went with him as . . . — — Map (db m142124) HM
On East 1st Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on East 1st Street.
Parks Air College was founded in 1927 by visionary aviation pioneer Oliver Lafayette Parks (born Jun 10, 1899 & died Feb 1985) at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, in a rented hangar. A short time later "Lafe" Parks, as he was affectionately . . . — — Map (db m142694) HM
On East 1st Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on East 1st Street.
Dedicated to the memory of the men and women of Cahokia who aide George Rogers Clark and his men in defeating the British from 1778 to 1780. Efforts of these patriots and veterans helped secure the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the . . . — — Map (db m171151) HM WM
On Church St., 0.2 miles East 1st St. when traveling south.
This marker commemorates the
men and women who achieved
American independence.
These Patriots, believing in the
noble cause of liberty, fought
valiantly to found a new nation.
1775 - 1783 — — Map (db m214307) WM
On East 1st Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on East 1st Street.
In 1929 the airport opened as the Curtis-Steinberg Airport. It was developed by a business consortium that included Mark Steinberg - a St. Louis financier and Curtis Wright - the owner of an aircraft and engine manufacturing firm. The group's . . . — — Map (db m142879) HM
On East 1st Street, on the left when traveling east.
In 1778 Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia commissioned George Rogers Clark to raise a force of volunteers and enter the Illinois country to stop the British-inspired Indian raids on the rear of the revolting American colonies. Clark raised a force . . . — — Map (db m142086) HM
On East 1st Street at Falling Springs Road, on the right when traveling east on East 1st Street.
Discover exciting history, thriving river cultures, beautiful natural
areas, abundant wildlife, and bountiful agriculture along the Great
River Road and the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byways.
Escape and Enjoy
Recreation . . . — — Map (db m206422) HM
On Mississippi Avenue (Illinois Route 3) at Camp Jackson Road (Illinois Route 157), on the right when traveling north on Mississippi Avenue.
The historic town of Cahokia was founded by French-Canadian missionaries in 1699. It was the first European settlement on the Mississippi River and remains the oldest village existing on the river. — — Map (db m172553) HM
On Church Street at W 2nd St., on the left when traveling south on Church Street.
Dedicated to the memory of our soldiers and patriots who served with fidelity the cause of the American Revolution and all others who aided the quest for freedom. Clement Alarie,-- Jean Bte Auarie,-- Gabriel Baron,-- Jean Ste, Baron, -- Angelique . . . — — Map (db m215254) HM WM
On Long Street at Wait Street, on the left when traveling north on Long Street.
Dedicated to the men and women of the United States who gave their lives in defense of their Country Ladies Auxiliary VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. — — Map (db m172688) WM
On Bethel Meadows Road north of Bethel Road, on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1809 by Rev. James Lemen, Sr. In 1840 the 200 members made it the largest Baptist congregation in Illinois. A 40' x 60' frame building was built by the members in 1840. Rev. John Mason Peck preached at the dedication service. The church . . . — — Map (db m176309) HM
On Ramey Drive south of Collinsville Road, on the right when traveling south.
Cahokia was the largest prehistoric Indian community in America north of Mexico. It covered an area of six square-miles, including at least 120 mounds of different size and function. Initial occupation during Late Woodland times (AD 700-800) . . . — — Map (db m219556) HM
On Ramey Drive, 0.3 miles south of Collinsville Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation creating America's first federal highway. The National Road would join the bustling cities of the East to the resource-rich wilderness of the West, connecting state capitals, county seats, . . . — — Map (db m144040) HM
Near Ramey Street, 0.2 miles south of Collinsville Road.
The heart of Cahokia was the Grand Plaza situated between Monks Mound and the Twin Mounds. Archaeological testing has confirmed that the plaza was, in part, artificially created by filling in low areas and reducing high points to create a flat, . . . — — Map (db m147237) HM
On Ramey St, 0.5 miles south of Collinsville Rd (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south.
Prior to the construction of the Interpretive Center, excavations revealed the location of over 80 structures and hundreds of pits and postholes.
Careful analysis of the materials showed how this neighborhood changed from AD 1000-1200. House . . . — — Map (db m187687) HM
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