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Illinois State Historical Society Historical Markers

Markers of the Illinois state historical markers program administered by the Illinois State Historical Society.
 
By Bill Pfingsten, June 11, 2012
Augustine Tolton Marker
1 ► Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Augustine Tolton —
2 ► Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Stephen A. Douglas in Quincy — Reported missing
3 ► Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Mormons in Quincy —
4 ► Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Thomas Scott Baldwin 1858-1923 —
5 ► Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Welcome to Illinois —
6 ► Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — Cairo, Illinois —
7 ► Illinois, Alexander County, McClure — Welcome to Illinois —
8 ► Illinois, Alexander County, Thebes — Steamboats on the Mississippi River —
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9 ► Illinois, Alexander County, Urbandale — Cairo, Illinois —
10 ► Illinois, Bond County, Panama — John L. Lewis - United Mine Workers of America —
11 ► Illinois, Brown County, Mount Sterling — Mt. Sterling, Illinois —
12 ► Illinois, Bureau County, Cherry — Cherry Mine Disaster —
13 ► Illinois, Bureau County, Princeton — Owen Lovejoy Home —
14 ► Illinois, Bureau County, Spring Valley — 2 — John Mitchell — 1870-1919 —
15 ► Illinois, Bureau County, Spring Valley — 3 — John Mitchell — 1870-1919 —
16 ► Illinois, Bureau County, Walnut — Don Marquis —
17 ► Illinois, Carroll County, Lanark — A Stone Arch Bridge on the Galena Road —
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18 ► Illinois, Carroll County, Mount Carroll — Lewistown Trail —
19 ► Illinois, Carroll County, Mount Carroll — Shimer College —
20 ► Illinois, Carroll County, Savanna — Helen Scott Hay —
21 ► Illinois, Carroll County, Savanna — Plum River Falls —
22 ► Illinois, Cass County, Chandlerville — 2 — Chandlerville —
23 ► Illinois, Cass County, Virginia, Virginia Township — Cass County Courthouse —
24 ► Illinois, Christian County, Taylorville — Christian County Courthouse — 1840 - 1856 —
25 ► Illinois, Clark County, Casey — Illinois Search For Petroleum —
26 ► Illinois, Clark County, Darwin — Darwin —
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27 ► Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Fancher Pony Truss Bridge —
28 ► Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Old Stone Arch Bridge —
29 ► Illinois, Clark County, Martinsville — Margaretta Post Office —
30 ► Illinois, Clark County, West Union — Fort Handy —
31 ► Illinois, Clark County, Westfield — Westfield College —
32 ► Illinois, Clay County, Flora — Lewis Baldwin Parsons —
33 ► Illinois, Clinton County, Carlyle — The General Dean Suspension Bridge —
34 ► Illinois, Coles County, Charleston — Coles County Courthouse —
35 ► Illinois, Coles County, Charleston — The Charleston Riot —
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36 ► Illinois, Coles County, Charleston — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Charleston —
37 ► Illinois, Coles County, Lerna — Moore House —
38 ► Illinois, Coles County, Lerna — Shiloh Cemetery —
39 ► Illinois, Coles County, Lerna — The Last Lincoln Farm —
40 ► Illinois, Coles County, Lerna, Pleasant Grove Township — Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Shiloh Encampment Site —
41 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Confederate Operatives In Mattoon —
42 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Lincoln Farm — 1831-1834 —
43 ► Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Mattoon's Union Agricultural Fairgrounds and Civil War Camp Grant —
44 ► Illinois, Coles County, Oakland — Home of Dr. Hiram Rutherford —
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45 ► Illinois, Cook County, Calumet City, Thornton Township — Origins of Calumet City and Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train —
46 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Golden Gate — Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad: Ton Farm Site —
47 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen Arnold Douglas — 1813-1861 —
48 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Jackson Park — The Norway Building —
49 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Battle of Fort Dearborn — August 15, 1812 —
50 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near West Side — West Side Grounds — Home Field of the Chicago National League Ball Club from 1893 to 1915 —
51 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Pulaski Park — The 1992 River West Gas Fires —
52 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Bertha Van Hoosen, M.D. —
53 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — Brunswick Corporation Headquarters — 1913-1964 —
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54 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, The Loop District — The Eastland Disaster —
55 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, West Loop — Mary Bartelme, Illinois’ First Female Judge —
56 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, West Loop — The Milwaukee Road —
57 ► Illinois, Cook County, Forest View — The Chicago Portage —
58 ► Illinois, Cook County, Franklin Park — Burial Site of Josette Beaubien — Reported damaged
59 ► Illinois, Cook County, Glenview — Kennicott House —
60 ► Illinois, Cook County, Homewood — Dixie Highway —
61 ► Illinois, Cook County, Homewood — Washington Park Racetrack —
62 ► Illinois, Cook County, River Forest — River Forest, Illinois — Proud Heritage – Bright Future —
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63 ► Illinois, Cook County, Riverside — Riverside, Illinois —
64 ► Illinois, Cook County, Thornton — Camp Thornton #2605 and the Civil Conservation Corps — Camp Motto: "String Along" —
65 ► Illinois, Cook County, Winnetka — The Green Bay Trail —
66 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Hutsonville — Hutson Memorial —
67 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Auntie Gogin's Store —
68 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Cullom Homestead —
69 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Dubois Tavern —
70 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Fort Foot —
71 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Fort LaMotte —
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72 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Gov. Augustus C. French —
73 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Houston-Dickson Store —
74 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Kitchell Grist Mill —
75 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — Palestine, Illinois — Reported missing
76 ► Illinois, Crawford County, Palestine — United States Land Office —
77 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb — Barbed Wire Manufacturing — 1873 – 1938 —
78 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb — DeKalb Ag —
79 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb — DeKalb Poultry Research, Inc. —
80 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb — Jacob Haish — (1826-1926) —
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81 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb — The Winged Ear Logo —
82 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb — William George Eckhardt — (Site of Eckhardt's Home and Seed House) —
83 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb, DeKalb Township — First DeKalb® Brand Hybrid Corn Breeding Plot —
84 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb, DeKalb Township — Sherret S. Chase — (1918-2021) —
85 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, DeKalb, DeKalb Township — Yield Monitor —
86 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, Malta, Malta Township — Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile —
87 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, Sandwich — Stone Mill Museum —
88 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, Shabbona — Shabbona —
89 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, Sycamore — DeKalb County Farm Bureau —
90 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, Sycamore — DeKalb Swine Breeders —
91 ► Illinois, DeKalb County, Sycamore — Marsh Harvester —
92 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Addison — Army Trail Road —
93 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Glen Ellyn — Stacy’s Tavern —
94 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Lombard — Sheldon Peck Homestead and Underground Railroad Site —
95 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Naperville — Fort Payne — Reported permanently removed
96 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Naperville, North Central College — The Potawatomi and Fort Payne —
97 ► Illinois, DuPage County, Wheaton, Wheaton College — Blanchard Hall — A stop on the Underground Railroad —
98 ► Illinois, Edgar County, Allerton — Pontiac's Conspiracy —
99 ► Illinois, Edgar County, Allerton — Pontiac's Conspiracy — Reported permanently removed
100 ► Illinois, Edgar County, Chrisman — Pontiac Peace Treaty —

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