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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Alton

 
Clickable Map of Madison County, Illinois and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Madison County, IL (254) Bond County, IL (35) Clinton County, IL (36) Jersey County, IL (33) Macoupin County, IL (43) Montgomery County, IL (31) St. Clair County, IL (243) St. Charles County, MO (314) St. Louis County, MO (805) St. Louis County, MO (667)  MadisonCounty(254) Madison County (254)  BondCounty(35) Bond County (35)  ClintonCounty(36) Clinton County (36)  JerseyCounty(33) Jersey County (33)  MacoupinCounty(43) Macoupin County (43)  MontgomeryCounty(31) Montgomery County (31)  St.ClairCounty(243) St. Clair County (243)  St.CharlesCountyMissouri(314) St. Charles County (314)  St.Louis(805) St. Louis (805)  St.LouisCounty(667) St. Louis County (667)
Edwardsville is the county seat for Madison County
Alton is in Madison County
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1 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — After The War — From Prison to Parking Lot —
2 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — 4 — Alton & Sangamon Railroad —
3 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Alton and the Flood of '93 —
4 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The Alton Military Prison — 1862-1865 —
5 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Alton National Cemetery —
6 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — A Changing Waterfront —
7 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — College Avenue Presbyterian Church — 1837 —
8 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — College Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Old Rock House — The Anti-Slavery Society Is Born —
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9 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Confederate Cemetery Monument —
10 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The Cost of Freedom —
11 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Discover History All Around Alton — Looking for Lincoln —
12 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The Duel That Never Happened —
13 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —
14 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —
15 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —
16 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The First Illinois State Penitentiary —
17 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — First Soybeans Planted in Illinois, 1851 —
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18 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Freedom Shrine —
19 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Freedom's Martyr — Elijah P. Lovejoy — Looking for Lincoln —
20 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — 1 — Godfrey, Gilman & Co. Warehouse —
21 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Great River Floods —
22 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Haskell Playhouse —
23 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The Hayner Public Library District —
24 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — John Mason Peck —
25 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The Legend of the Piasa —
26 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton —
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27 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debates! — Lincoln's Rise to Prominence —
28 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lovejoy Assassination Site — Nov. 7, 1837 —
29 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Lyman Trumbull House — New Birth of Freedom — Looking for Lincoln —
30 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Miles Davis — May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991 — Alton, Illinois - Birthplace of the Cool —
31 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — A National Cemetery System —
32 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — North Alton Confederate Cemetery —
33 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — 5 — Plank Road —
34 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Prisoners at Alton Military Prison — 1862-1865 —
35 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Robert Pershing Wadlow —
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36 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Ruins of First State Prison in Illinois —
37 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Ryder Building — Lincoln Practiced Here — Life Before Presidency —
38 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — 2 — St. Paul's Episcopal Church —
39 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case — (1897-1908) —
40 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Setting the Stage for the Great Debate —
41 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Smallpox Island — The Deadly Epidemic —
42 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Those Who Remain —
43 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Units Guarding the Alton Military Prison — 1862-1865 —
44 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Veterans Memorial —
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45 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Veterans Memorial —
46 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Veterans Memorial Fountain —
47 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — William L. Beatty — 1925-2001 —
48 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — Wood River Massacre — In Remembrance — July 10, 1814 —
 
 
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