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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Macoupin County, Illinois
Adjacent to Macoupin County, Illinois
▶ Greene County (1) ▶ Jersey County (11) ▶ Madison County (101) ▶ Montgomery County (13) ▶ Morgan County (16) ▶ Sangamon County (127)
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| On North Hardroad (Illinois Route 4) at Walnut Street, on the right on North Hardroad. Reported missing. |
| | The Coliseum Ballroom on Route 66 was a hopping place on Saturday nights. Benld's ballroom boasted the biggest dance floor between Chicago and St. Louis. People gathered from throughout the region to dance to big bands such as Duke Ellington, . . . — — Map (db m157936) HM |
| On Bunker Hill Road (Illinois Route 159) 0.1 miles from East North Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | During the historical period, the earliest inhabitants of the present-day community of Bunker Hill were the Peoria, Kickapoo, and Winnebago Indians who established an encampment near North Washington and West Morgan Streets. Another Native American . . . — — Map (db m143178) HM |
| On East First Street (Illinois Route 4/108) just east of South Broad Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Abraham Lincoln spoke here on August 31, 1858. In the course of his famous campaign against Stephen A. Douglas, for the United States Senatorship. — — Map (db m144483) HM |
| On North Broad Street (Illinois Route 4) at West Nicholas Street, on the right when traveling south on North Broad Street. |
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Route 66, the Mother Road, is an American icon that symbolizes romance and freedom of the open road. Born in 1926, Route 66 was one of the first numbered U.S. highways, journeying 2,500 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Today, you can still "get . . . — — Map (db m144544) HM |
| On North Side Square (Illinois Route 4/108) at North Broad Street (Illinois Route 4), on the left when traveling south on North Side Square. |
| | The first hard road connecting Chicago and St. Louis passed through the heart of Carlinville. In 1926, Route 66 opened from Chicago to Los Angeles and followed Route 4 through Illinois. The “Mother Road” Circled the Carlinville Square . . . — — Map (db m144482) HM |
| On East Side Square (Route 4/108) at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on East Side Square. |
| | This is the second oldest building on the Square. It was built in 1854 and was also the first building on the Square to be three stories tall.
In 1924, Greek immigrant Pete Adam opened the Ariston Restaurant here. Business boomed two years . . . — — Map (db m144480) HM |
| On West 1st Street at Old U.S. 66, on the left when traveling west on West 1st Street. |
| | Russell Soulsby built this station in 1926 with his father, Henry
He ran it with his sister Ola until 1991. For its 65 years of operation; they only sold Shell gasoline. — — Map (db m138433) HM |
| On Historic Old Route 66, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A Route 66 information center and tourist attraction built for past, present and future travelers. — — Map (db m138472) HM |
| Near Historic Old Route 66 0.2 miles north of South Madison Street. |
| | You are traveling on one of the most famous roads in the world. On September 25, 2005, Illinois Route 66 was designated as a National Scenic Byway by the U.S. Department of Transportation. — — Map (db m144781) HM |
| On East Jackson Street at North Springfield Street (Illinois Route 4), on the right when traveling east on East Jackson Street. |
| | Miserable wages and working conditions in coal mines made conflict between miners and coal companies inevitable in the 1890s. The battle that erupted here immortalized Virden in the history of labor rights. On October 12, 1898, eight miners, four . . . — — Map (db m149885) HM |
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