Historical Markers and War Memorials in Collinsville, Illinois
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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 m151122) HM
Modern Era - War on Terror
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The kneeling soldier statue represents the homage given to fellow warriors and "Fallen Heroes," past and present, as he or she is "Called to Duty".
WWII - Korean . . . — — Map (db m169639) HM WM
The Oatman House
501 East Main Street
This Carpenter Gothic Revival home warrants notice for the pointed arch windows and the "gingerbread" trim. The square nails used in its construction give a clue to its age. The patents on the . . . — — Map (db m169646) HM
Imagine Main Street in the early 1900s. Horses pull supply wagons stocked with fruits, vegetables, and dry goods to shops facing the thoroughfare. Trolleys bounce and clang as they trundle down rails at the street's center. Bicyclists weave between . . . — — Map (db m144068) HM
This cemetery was the original burial place for the first settlers of the Collinsville community. It was donated by the first settler, William B. Collins. Since there were no city officials then, it was deeded to the care of the trustees of the . . . — — Map (db m169485) HM
Korean War
Eldon Doyle
Vietnam Conflict
Randall David Dalton
David Kell Dematteis
Leonard Monroe Gillespie
Charles Bernard Lankford
Albert Roy Lorenz
David Paul Meyer
Richard Lynn Moore
Donald Louis . . . — — Map (db m169654) WM
Howard H. Bailey
Ben. M. Borgars
James G. Dukes
Michael Evanko
Leighton Evatt
George W. Ganninger
Albert Hadfield
Andrew Karvelat
August Karvelat, Jr.
Eugene Kohler
Andrew Pinson
Frank Quatto . . . — — Map (db m169655) WM
Charles Anthony Ady, Jr.
Charles John Ashmann
Peter Paul Baudino
Jesse James Beaver
Carlisle Burnell Bowers
Robert Brancaglione
Leon Bryant
Ray Vernon Castiaux
Herbert Fendrick Chinn
Arnold Harold Cline . . . — — Map (db m169657) WM
Monks Mound is the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas. Its base covers over 14 acres, and it rises to a height of 100 feet. It contains an estimated 22 million cubic feet of earth, all hand-carried in baskets from the many borrow pits . . . — — Map (db m62175) HM
Carl Christian Mose (1903-1973), instructor of modeling at the School of Fine Arts at Washington University was commissioned to design and construct the center piece for the Dorris Fountain in March of 1938.
A youthful terra cotta figure of . . . — — Map (db m148774) HM
On April 5, 1918, German immigrant Robert Prager was hanged by a mob at this site. Prager's lynching was the high-water mark of the anti-immigrant and anti-German hysteria that gripped the nation during World War I. Persecution in the guise of . . . — — Map (db m151267) HM
Charles L. Carney, 4th TX Infantry
Everett G. Drake, Hospital Corps
Hiram J. Hood, 17th U.S. Infantry
T.A. Riggin, 2nd U.S. Cavalry
Ernest H. Isom, 9th IL Infantry
John F. Tobnick, 3rd U.S. Artillery
Henry Pausch, 5th MO . . . — — Map (db m169648) WM
The central ceremonial precinct of Cahokia was enclosed by a defensive wall, the Stockade (or Palisade). It was built of upright logs placed in 4-5 foot deep trenches and probably stood 10-15 feet high above the ground. It would take an estimated . . . — — Map (db m74887) HM
In October 15, 1915 the President of the Collinsville Study Club (now the Woman's Club) appointed a library project committee. The library opened its doors on August 26, 1916 with a single bookcase of some three or four shelves. The City Council . . . — — Map (db m148710) HM
History of the 1962-63 wing
The East wing of the Collinsville Memorial Library was built in 1962-63. The addition was designed by Albert R. Goedde, assistant to J.W. Kennedy on the original design. The wing was built at a cost of $43,000 . . . — — Map (db m148776) HM
History of the 1985-86 wing
In 1985-86 the four story 16,800 square foot south wing including a 3,479 square foot meeting room was added to the Collinsville Memorial Library. Robert Field was the architect.
In 1983 the City Council of . . . — — Map (db m148771) HM
Pre-1997
The Blum House located at 414 West Main Street in Collinsville is a home closely connected with one of the town's most well known industries. Two of the three generations of the Blum family who operated the internationally known . . . — — Map (db m142974) HM
In 1975 as a bicentennial project, Irving Dilliard and Lucille Stehman founded the Friends of the Collinsville Historical Museum.
This organization formed around the artifacts of the Collins family trunk which had been acquired by Mr. . . . — — Map (db m148711) HM
Built circa 1845 by Daniel Dove Collins (1814-1892) for his bride Elizabeth M. Anderson (1826-1902), the Collins House is an example of Greek revival architecture. As the first president of the Collinsville village board, Collins held board meetings . . . — — Map (db m144010) HM
The fountain in front of the Main Entrance of the Collinsville Memorial Public Library was dedicated on May 25, 1938 in honor to Charles H. Dorris by the teachers and students of the Collinsville Unit 10 School District in which he served as the . . . — — Map (db m148773) HM
With the vision of Universal Freedom for all mankind this tree is dedicated to
Lt. Col. Donald L. Rissi
and all Prisoners of War and Missing in Action — — Map (db m169652) WM
In March 1966 the 76 year old Magnolia Tree planted by the late Theodore Ambrosius was moved from its original site on Clay Street to the front lawn of the Collinsville Memorial Library.
The tree was scheduled to be taken down from the . . . — — Map (db m148778) HM
World War I
Bailey, H.
Borgars, B.
Dukes, J.
Evanko, J.
Evatt, L.
Ganniger, G.
Hadfield, A.
Karvelet, A. Sr.
Karvelet, A.
Kohler, F.
Pinson, A.
Quatto, F.
Rissi, B.
Snadden, J. . . . — — Map (db m169637) WM
Joseph "Boss" Willoughby and his wife Hannah purchased this property around 1922 and ran a family-sustained farm for over 70 years. In its heyday, the farm included pigs, chickens, cattle, an orchard with fruit and nut trees, and a large flower and . . . — — Map (db m202463) HM
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
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
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
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
Excavations into Mound 55 (Murdock Mound) took place in 1941, when about nine feet of the mound still remained, as it had been plowed over. Several pre-mound structures were found, one a larger circular building, and another a rare cross-shaped . . . — — Map (db m219555) HM
Archaeologists from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, led by Dr. Melvin Fowler, excavated about two-thirds of Mound 72 from 1967-1971. He selected this mound for excavation because:
It was along a hypothetical "centerline" of Cahokia
. . . — — Map (db m144597) HM
Excavations here in 1968 discovered that four of the Stockade walls ran through this part of the site, including one wall with a round bastion and two with rectangular bastions. The partial reconstruction seen here represents one of the . . . — — Map (db m219559) HM
This large pair of mounds, known as the Twin Mounds, is probably a mortuary complex, although no excavations have been made into these mounds. We believe that a building on top of the flat-topped mound (# 60 or Fox Mound) may have served as a . . . — — Map (db m219558) HM
Several universities and public field schools searched for the route of the Stockade along the west side south of the Grand Plaza. Along a low north-south ridge in this area, they located several segments of Stockade wall trenches and portions of . . . — — Map (db m219557) HM
Before starting construction on the Interpretive Center in 1988, archaeologists excavated for two years in this area and discovered evidence of residential use, including over 80 houses and storage buildings, and several hundred storage and . . . — — Map (db m151121) HM
