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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N9_moweaqua-coal-mine-disaster-memorial_Moweaqua-IL.html
Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886With mining operations beginning in 1891The method of mining was room and pillarAt a depth of 620 feetHaulage was by mule and motorOn Christmas Eve 1932 an explosion in the mineClaimed the lives of these menM…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11MT_moweaqua-coal-mine-disaster_Moweaqua-IL.html
This is the site of the Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster which on December 24, 1932, took the lives of all 54 miners entering the mine that day. The Moweaqua Coal Mine was Shelby County's largest. An unprecedented drop in barometric pressure allowed me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR1_strasburg-veterans-memorial_Strasburg-IL.html
Center PanelStrasburg Veterans Memorial All Gave Some + Some Gave All(Seals of United States Branches of Military) * Killed In Action Left Panel * * * Revolutionary War * * *John Jenkins · Obediah Wade · Elijah Biggs …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKNS_lets-debate-by-john-mcclarey_Shelbyville-IL.html
Sculptor John McClarey is a former Illinois high school history teacher with an international reputation as an artistic interpreter of Abraham Lincoln. He has won many prestigious awards for his work, including the Order of Lincoln in 2009. His Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLC_lincoln-and-divorce_Strasburg-IL.html
Left Section Abraham Lincoln handled at least 147 divorce cases during his twenty-five years as a lawyer. One in Shelby County also concerned the ownership of land. William Stewardson and Mary Jane Dawson, both English immigrants, married in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKL8_lincoln-thornton-debate_Shelbyville-IL.html
Left Section In the summer of 1856, Abraham Lincoln traveled across much of Illinois, giving speeches supporting the new Republican Party and its national and state candidates. On August 9, 1856, Lincoln arrived in Shelbyville to participate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKKS_traveling-the-circuit_Shelbyville-IL.html
Left Section Taverns - - or Inns - - were the primary accommodation for the circuit traveler. Before arriving in Shelbyville, the judge and lawyers had a two-day journey from Paris, usually with an overnight stay in Charleston. Abraham Linco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKK2_anthony-thornton_Shelbyville-IL.html
Left Section Anthony Thornton and Abraham Lincoln led fairly similar lives. Both were born in Kentucky, were tall, and were Whigs. Both began practicing law in Illinois in 1836, even though Thornton was college-educated and read law in an u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJY_lincolns-cavalry-guard_Moweaqua-IL.html
Left Section In 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod believed that Lincoln needed a cavalry body-guard. Governor Tod requested one volunteer from each county in Ohio to serve on special duty. Guernsey County, in east-central Ohio supplied Ephraim Adam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM79R_abraham-lincoln-eighth-judicial-district_Shelbyville-IL.html
Abraham Lincolntraveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ???1847 - 1857 Smaller Plaque:Presented to the Kuilka Chapter D. A. R. by O. J. Penwell
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