On Main Street at Locust Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Anna Bixby Trail
This point marks the beginning of an early trail traveled by Anne Hobbs Bixby, mid-wife and herb doctor, while caring for the sick in the Rock Creek community, 8 miles northeast of here. A century before recognition was . . . — — Map (db m303306) HM
On Market Street west of Locust Street, on the right when traveling west.
As the Big Creek Baptist Church is the oldest Baptist church in Illinois with continuous services, the site of the Big Creek Church is two miles west of this location. Elders Stephen Stilley and William Jones led in constituting the Big Creek Church — — Map (db m155007) HM
On County Road 750E 0.1 miles north of County Road 12, on the right when traveling north.
For 6 to 9 months a year, the Iron Furnace was "in blast."
These quiet hills came alive with the sounds of axes and
picks, horses and wagons, and the shouts of hardworking
men-24 hours a day,7 days a week!
A blast furnace requires large . . . — — Map (db m161399) HM
On County Road 750E N north of County Route 12, on the right when traveling north.
Before you stands the only remaining iron furnace structure in the entire state of Illinois. This priceless historic edifice became part of the Shawnee National Forest in 1950.
Outstanding in Its Field
Built in 1837, the Illinois Iron . . . — — Map (db m161400) HM
On Main Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Erected by the…citizens of Hardin County in memory of our heroes, who gave their lives for the…freedom of our country, on land, on sea, and in the air.
World War I
James T. Brown • James English • Clifford Ferrell • Louis H. Hossler • . . . — — Map (db m303304) WM
On Main Street north of Locust Street, on the left when traveling south.
James (1776-1837) and Elizabeth (1789-1863) McFarlan was married on January 22, 1806 and arrived in this area about 1810 by way of North Carolina and Tennessee. According to local history, they built the southwest portion of the hotel in 1812. In . . . — — Map (db m303307) HM
On Main Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Since World War I, more than 82,000 American soldiers are unaccounted for. This unoccupied seat is dedicated to the memory of those brave men and women and to the sacrifices each made in serving this country. God Bless You, God Bless . . . — — Map (db m303219) WM
