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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFF8_kitchell-grist-mill_Palestine-IL.html
In this area Joseph Kitchell who settled here in 1817 erected a Grist Mill and Distillery which eliminated the trip to Shakertown, Indiana where the farmers had previously taken their grain.Horses were used for power, grain was taken in pay, conve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5H_east-dubuque-veterans-memorial_East-Dubuque-IL.html
Dedicated in memory of all veterans of the area who have served and especially to those who gave their lives in service of our country in all our conflicts.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF2J_jefferson-prairie-settlement_Clinton-IL.html
Ole Knutson Nattestad, first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, came to Clinton Township, July 1, 1838. In his native Numedal, Nattestad had been a farmer, peddler, and blacksmith. In 1836 he and his brother Ansten visited Stavanger and there…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRV_duncan-cannon_Cairo-IL.html
William B. Duncan, Chairman of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, presented this Rodman smooth bore cannon to the city of Cairo as a gift, May 27, 1905. The gun saw action for both sides of the Civil War at Fort Morgan, Mobile, Alabama, in 1861, to prote…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRT_the-ohio-river-bridge_Cairo-IL.html
Completed November 11, 1933Freed of Tolls November 11, 1948byThe Cairo Bridge CommissionThe Ohio River Bridge was conceived and built in the public interest by the Cairo Bridge Commission with the cooperation of the Federal Emergency Administratio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRS_the-beginning-of-the-third-principal-meridian_Cairo-IL.html
The beginning ofthe ThirdPrincipal Meridianis locatedin the Ohio River1,810 feetdirectly northof this point.In November, 1803,this was the mouthof the Ohio River.At this location,the Lewis & ClarkCorps of Discoveryencamped forsix days.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRR_lewis-and-clark-in-illinois_Cairo-IL.html
On November 14, 1803, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and their party landed at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the site of the present day Cairo. They spent nearly a week here, learning how to determine longitude and latitude, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRP_historical-survey-marker_Cairo-IL.html
The beginning ofthe ThirdPrincipal Meridianis located in the Ohio River1,735 feetdirectly northof this point.In November, 1803,this was the mouthof the Ohio River.At this location,the Lewis and ClarkCorps of Discoveryencamped forsix days.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRN_lewis-clark_Cairo-IL.html
Charting the ConfluenceOn November 14, 1803, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the Corps of Discovery stayed for six days, one of the longest stops made by the expedition. Here, they saw the Mississippi for the first time, note…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCR9_cairo-illinois_Cairo-IL.html
Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit, reported as early as 1721 that the land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would be a strategic location for settlement and fortification. Nearly a century later, in 1818, th…