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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Christian County, Illinois
Adjacent to Christian County, Illinois
▶ Macon County (23) ▶ Montgomery County (13) ▶ Sangamon County (127) ▶ Shelby County (13)
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| On Mt. Auburn Blacktop Road (County Road E 2175N) at South 3rd Principal Meridian Road (County Road N 2100E), on the left when traveling west on Mt. Auburn Blacktop Road. |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode
the Circuit of the
Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859 — — Map (db m12200) HM |
| On West Cherry Street west of South Plum Street, in the median. |
| | This is the site of the Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster which on December 24, 1932, took the lives of all 54 miners entering the mine that day. The Moweaqua Coal Mine was Shelby County's largest. An unprecedented drop in barometric pressure allowed . . . — — Map (db m55619) HM |
| On West Cherry Street west of South Plum Street, in the median. |
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Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886
With mining operations beginning in 1891
The method of mining was room and pillar
At a depth of 620 feet
Haulage was by mule and motor
On Christmas Eve 1932 an explosion in the mine
Claimed the . . . — — Map (db m55635) HM |
| On East Main Cross Street west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode
the Circuit of the Eighth
Judicial District ···1847-1857 — — Map (db m12204) HM |
| On East Main Cross Street west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In Memory and Honor of
Christian County Coal Miners — — Map (db m12399) HM |
| On Kennedy Drive west of Water Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The first courthouse of Christian County (originally Dane County) was built in 1840 for $2,350. It was located in the center of Taylorville’s Public Square. Court was held on the lower level with County Officers sharing the upstairs floor. Since the . . . — — Map (db m29091) HM |
| On West Main Cross Street at South Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Cross Street. |
| | “I had pleasant accommodations at Taylorville in company with Mr. Lincoln & Mr. Thorton,” Circuit Judge David Davis once wrote from here.
He found this town–the last county seat on his circuit route–to be . . . — — Map (db m12208) HM |
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