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Edward Coles 1822-1826Ninian Edwards 1826-1830John Reynolds 1830-1834Thomas Ford 1842-1846Charles S. Deneen 1905-1913
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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 offeri…
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Dedicated on June 3, 1982In recognition of 50 years of outstanding service to the Edwardsville Municipal Band during which he served 25 years as its directorEdwardsville Rotary Club serving the community as the major contributor to bandstand recon…
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1775-1833 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
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In Memory of Dr. Thomas R. YatesMarch 3, 1948November 20, 1994 Founding member of City Park GardenersEdwardsville Illinois One who believed that in books and in gardens we may discover the best in ourselves
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while campaigning for United States SenatorSeptember 11, 1858Edwardsville, Illinois "Our reliance is in love of liberty?Our defense is in the preservationof the spirit which prizes liberty?"
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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 commitment t…
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This tract of ground wasthe first cemetery in theCity of Edwardsville.Buried here are the soldiersof our early wars and thepioneer settlers of thiscommunity.
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In grateful memory of the early settlers.Who by courage industry and endurance transformed a wilderness into a land of order peace and plenty.
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In memory ofCapt. Curtis Blakemanand theMarine Settlement Just north of here, in 1819, a group of sea captains,Blakeman, Allen, Breath, Deselherst, and Meadfrom Connecticut, arrived and built log cabins,naming the settlement Marine.Captain Curt…
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