Illinois State Historical Society Historical Markers

By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 23, 2020

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Marker

101► Illinois (Knox County), Galesburg — Carl Sandburg Birthplace —

102► Illinois (Knox County), Galesburg — Lincoln-Douglas Debate —

103► Illinois (Knox County), Lafayette — Fraker's Grove —

104► Illinois (Lake County), Highland Park — Fort Sheridan —

105► Illinois (Lake County), Lake Bluff — The Dwyer Settlement in Lake County, Illinois —

106► Illinois (Lake County), Libertyville — Adlai Ewing Stevenson II — 1900 – 1965 —

107► Illinois (Lake County), North Chicago — Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company — The Waukegan Works and North Chicago —

108► Illinois (Lake County), Rondout — The Rondout Train Robbery —

109► Illinois (Lake County), Wauconda — Andrew C. Cook House —

110► Illinois (Lake County), Waukegan — Joseph T. Bowen Country Club —

111► Illinois (LaSalle County), LaSalle — La Salle-Peru, Illinois —

112► Illinois (LaSalle County), Ottawa — The First Lincoln-Douglas Debate —

113► Illinois (LaSalle County), Streator — Clyde Tombaugh —

114► Illinois (Lawrence County), Sumner — Vincennes Tract —

115► Illinois (Lee County), Dixon — Lincoln in the Black Hawk War —

116► Illinois (Livingston County), Chatsworth — The Chatsworth Wreck — Midnight August 10-11, 1887 —

117► Illinois (Livingston County), Dwight — Cardiff, Illinois —

118► Illinois (Logan County), Atlanta — Atlanta Public Library-Museum —

119► Illinois (Logan County), Elkhart — Elkhart, Illinois —

120► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln, Illinois —

121► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Deskins Tavern —

122► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Lincoln College —

123► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Logan County Circuit Court —

124► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Postville Court House Site —

125► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Postville Park —

126► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Robert B. Latham Home —

127► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — Stephen A. Douglas Speech —

128► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — The First Poem by Langston Hughes — 1916 —

129► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — The Lincoln House —

130► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — The Niebuhr Family of Theologians —

131► Illinois (Logan County), Lincoln — The William Maxwell Boyhood Home —

132► Illinois (Logan County), Mt. Pulaski — Mt. Pulaski Court House —

133► Illinois (Macon County), Decatur — Lincoln National Memorial Highway —

134► Illinois (Macon County), Decatur — Lincoln’s First Illinois Home —

135► Illinois (Macon County), Decatur — Site of the Lincoln Cabin —

136► Illinois (Macoupin County), Bunker Hill — Bunker Hill Indian Trail —

137► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Elijah Parish Lovejoy —

138► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — First Soybeans Planted in Illinois, 1851 —

139► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Haskell Playhouse —

140► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — John Mason Peck —

141► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Alton —

142► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Ruins of First State Prison in Illinois —

143► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — Scott Bibb and the Alton School Desegregation Case — (1897-1908) —

144► Illinois (Madison County), Alton — The Legend of the Piasa —

145► Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — Robert Prager Lynching Site —

146► Illinois (Madison County), Collinsville — The D.D. Collins House —

147► Illinois (Madison County), East Alton — Wann Railroad Disaster —

148► Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Fort Russell —

149► Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Goshen Road Terminus —

150► Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — Governor Coles and Slavery —

151► Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — LeClaire, Illinois —

152► Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — The Mississippi River Festival —

153► Illinois (Madison County), Edwardsville — The Pogue Store —

154► Illinois (Madison County), Granite City — Six Mile Prairie —

155► Illinois (Madison County), Wood River — Lewis and Clark Expedition — See Historic Illinois —

156► Illinois (Marion County), Salem — Salem, Illinois —

157► Illinois (Marion County), Salem — William Jennings Bryan —

158► Illinois (Marshall County), Toluca — Toluca Coal Mine —

159► Illinois (Massac County), Belknap — George Rogers Clark Campsite —

160► Illinois (Massac County), Brookport — Welcome to Illinois —

161► Illinois (Massac County), Metropolis — Illinois in the American Revolution —

162► Illinois (McHenry County), Barrington Hills — David Haeger School and Cemetery —

163► Illinois (McHenry County), Barrington Hills — Goodrich Homestead —

164► Illinois (McHenry County), Hebron — Welcome to Illinois —

165► Illinois (McHenry County), McHenry — McHenry County’s First Couthouse — 1840-1844 —

166► Illinois (McLean County), Bentown — Benjaminville Friends Meeting House —

167► Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — David Davis Mansion —

168► Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Florence Fifer Bohrer — (1877 - 1960) —

169► Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Franklin Square Historic District —

170► Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Home of Adlai E. Stevenson I —

171► Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Home of Joseph W. Fifer —

172► Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Miller Park's Segregated Beaches —

173► Illinois (McLean County), Chenoa — Matthew T. Scott —

174► Illinois (McLean County), Ellsworth — Site of the Grand Village of the Kickapoo —

175► Illinois (McLean County), Funks Grove — Bloomington-Normal, Illinois —

176► Illinois (McLean County), Lexington — Illinois U.S. Route 66 —

177► Illinois (McLean County), Lexington — The John Patton Cabin — Built 1829 —

178► Illinois (McLean County), Normal — Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School — Normal, Illinois —

179► Illinois (Menard County), Athens — Long Nine Banquet Site —

180► Illinois (Menard County), Petersburg — Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson — 1823 - 1871 —

181► Illinois (Menard County), Tallula — Lincoln’s Store Partner —

182► Illinois (Menard County), Tallula — Mentor Graham — 1800 - 1886 — Teacher of Abraham Lincoln —

183► Illinois (Monroe County), Maeystown — Maeystown —

184► Illinois (Monroe County), Wartburg — Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg —

185► Illinois (Monroe County), Waterloo — Bellefontaine House —

186► Illinois (Montgomery County), Raymond — Mother Jones, Coalfield Organizer, 1837-1930 —

187► Illinois (Montgomery County), Waggoner — The Coalfields of Illinois —

188► Illinois (Morgan County), Jacksonville — Barton Warren Stone (1772-1844) —

189► Illinois (Morgan County), Jacksonville — Big Eli Wheel No. 17 —

190► Illinois (Morgan County), Jacksonville — First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane —

191► Illinois (Morgan County), Jacksonville — Greene Vardiman Black —

192► Illinois (Morgan County), Jacksonville — The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company —

193► Illinois (Ogle County), Polo — Lincoln in Polo —

194► Illinois (Ogle County), Polo — The Galena Road —

195► Illinois (Ogle County), Stillman Valley — Stillmans Defeat —

196► Illinois (Peoria County), Brimfield — Zion Protestant Episcopal Church —

197► Illinois (Peoria County), Dunlap — R. G. LeTourneau's Steel House —

198► Illinois (Peoria County), Peoria — Peoria, Illinois —

199► Illinois (Peoria County), Peoria — Pimiteoui —

200► Illinois (Pike County), Aladdin — Illinois —