Edwardsville is the county seat for Madison County
Edwardsville is in Madison County
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1965 - First flying in September of 1965, the A-7 Corsair II replaced the A-4 Skyhawk as Naval Aviation's front line light attack aircraft. The multi-mission A-7E Corsair II was unparalleled in its . . . — — Map (db m168347) HM
On E. Park Street near S. Kansas St., on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated on June 3, 1982
In recognition of 50 years of outstanding service to the Edwardsville Municipal Band during which he served 25 years as its director
Edwardsville Rotary Club serving the community as the major contributor to . . . — — Map (db m54303) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143) 0.1 miles north of Hillsboro Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
First erected in 1923 at the corner of St. Louis Street and North Main Street
Through funds raised by public donations, the clock was relocated in this Clock Tower park and presented to the City of Edwardsville in gratitude for its . . . — — Map (db m52630) HM
On West Street (Illinois Route 157) at West Schwarz Street, on the right when traveling east on West Street.
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 m144542) HM
On Oak Lane at Randle Street, on the right when traveling south on Oak Lane.
This tract of ground was the first cemetery in the City of Edwardsville. Buried here are the soldiers of our early wars and the pioneer settlers of this community. — — Map (db m144183) HM
Near Springfield Road north of Illinois Route 159. Reported missing.
One quarter-mile to the west stood Fort Russell, a wooden stockade which served as a base of supplies and operations for the Illinois Militia during the War of 1812. From here, for months at a time, Governor Ninian Edwards administered the affairs . . . — — Map (db m202080) HM
The Goshen Road was one of the main arteries of travel in the early 1800's, when Illinois was frontier country. The road ran in a northwesterly direction from Shawneetown to Edwardsville -- a distance of more than 150 miles. Shawneetown and . . . — — Map (db m138859) HM
On South Main Street (Illinois Route 159) south of West Schwartz Street, on the right when traveling south.
Charles Samuel Deneen, Illinois' 23rd governor, was born in Edwardsville in 1863. Deneen was raised in nearby Lebanon, where he graduated from McKendree College (now McKendree University) in 1882. He later attended Union College of Law in Chicago . . . — — Map (db m182840) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143/159) at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west on North Main Street.
Site of the courthouse where, in 1824, political enemies convicted Governor Edward Coles of illegally freeing his slaves. "To preserve to a continuous line of generations that liberty obtained by the valor of our forefathers, we must make . . . — — Map (db m143182) HM
On South Main Street (Illinois Route 159) south of West Schwartz Street, on the right when traveling south.
Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois, was born into one of the wealthiest families in Virginia in 1786 and graduated from William & Mary. Although raised on a plantation, Coles was an anti-slavery advocate who persistently urged Presidents . . . — — Map (db m182845) HM
On South Main Street (Illinois Route 159) south of West Schwartz Street, on the right when traveling south.
John Reynolds, Illinois' fourth governor, was born in Pennsylvania in 1788 to Irish immigrants. His family moved from Pennsylvania to Tennessee to Kaskaskia, IL, and in 1807 to an area known as the Goshen Settlement near Edwardsville. Reynolds . . . — — Map (db m182842) HM
On South Main Street (Illinois Route 159) south of West Schwartz Street, on the right when traveling south.
Ninian Edwards, Illinois' third governor, was born in Maryland in 1775. Edwards attended college in Pennsylvania but left to study law in Kentucky, where he became chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1807. Edwards moved to Illinois in . . . — — Map (db m182844) HM
On South Main Street (Illinois Route 159) south of West Schwartz Street, on the right when traveling south.
Thomas Ford was Illinois' eighth governor. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1800, where his widowed mother struggled to raise the family amidst poverty. The family moved to Illinois in 1805. Ford studied law for one term at Transylvania University in . . . — — Map (db m182841) HM
On South Buchanan Street (Illinois Route 157) south of East Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 143/157), on the right when traveling south.
In grateful memory of the early settlers,
who by courage industry and endurance
transformed a wilderness into a
land of order peace and plenty. — — Map (db m145603) HM
On Troy Road at Longfellow Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Troy Road.
Social visionary N.O. Nelson founded the village of LeClaire in 1890, naming it after Edme Jean LeClaire, who inaugurated profit sharing in France. In contrast to unsanitary urban tenement districts, LeClaire was a model cooperative village offering . . . — — Map (db m143190) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143) at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west on North Main Street.
In 1869, the abandoned Madison County Circuit Clerk's office at 1210 N. Main Street was designated as Edwardsville's "colored" school. It later became known as "Lincoln School." Though segregated, it was the first state-funded free public school . . . — — Map (db m173664) HM
On East Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 157) at St Louis Street, on the left when traveling east on East Vandalia Street.
Territorial Governor 1809-1818
U.S. Senator from Illinois 1818-1824
Elected Third Governor of Illinois 1826-1831
City of Edwardsville was named in his honor in 1813 — — Map (db m54296) HM
Near South Buchanan Street just south of East Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 143/157), on the right when traveling south.
This monument was dedicated September 16, 1912, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Madison County and rededicated on September 15, 2012, to commemorate its 200th anniversary.
Dedicated to early Madison County settlers by Governor Charles . . . — — Map (db m145602) HM
On West Schwartz Street west of South Main Street (Illinois Route 159), on the right when traveling east.
In 1844, Madison County began a program of caring for the poor. Ten years later the county purchased this property and the first permanent buildings were constructed during the Civil War. The purpose of the facility was to provide care for the . . . — — Map (db m163349) HM
On North University Drive, 0.3 miles south of New Poag Trail, on the right when traveling south.
The once world-renowned concert venue Mississippi River Festival ("MRF") began as a pioneering experiment in regional cooperation between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the St. Louis Symphony. The Symphony was invited to establish . . . — — Map (db m144301) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 143/159), on the right when traveling south.
The remnants of Pogue Store, seen here, mark the center of Edwardsville's business district more than two centuries ago. In 1818, when Robert Pogue built his store, it was located directly across the street from courthouse square.
Pogue's was a . . . — — Map (db m160042) HM
On North Main Street (Illinois Route 159) north of West E Street, on the right when traveling south.
This Federal-style home was built in 1836 for Dr. John Weir (1809-1878) and his first wife, Hepzibah Damon (1810-1838). His first patients entered the house through a side entrance on the north face of the building. Weir, both a surgeon and . . . — — Map (db m187506) HM
On Madison Avenue at Franklin Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Madison Avenue.
Take a moment and look at the trail. Imagine a massive green steam engine with yellow stripes barreling toward you, blaring its whistle as it approaches. Or picture a much smaller electric "interurban" streetcar, maybe blue, or perhaps yellow, . . . — — Map (db m229266) HM
On Saint Louis Street (Illinois Route 157) at West Street (Old U.S. 66), on the right when traveling east on Saint Louis Street.
For nearly four decades, this charming brick building served as a bustling automobile service station on America's most iconic highway, US Route 66 - which ran right past this location through the heart of Edwardsville. Travelers and locals by the . . . — — Map (db m228142) HM
