Illinois: Illinois State Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1147_leclaire-illinois_Edwardsville-IL.html
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 offering afforda…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11HP_welcome-to-illinois_Hamilton-IL.html
In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted in French claims on the area until 1763 when, by the Treaty of Paris, France ceded the land to Great Britai…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11I2_nauvoo-illinois_Nauvoo-IL.html
Nauvoo was once the site of a Sauk and Fox village. After the Indians moved west of the Mississippi, promoters attempted to develop town sites here but the marshy bottom lands attracted few settlers.
In 1839, the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith chose the tow…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11IC_the-icarian-community-in-nauvoo_Nauvoo-IL.html
A communal society of French Icarians was established at Nauvoo in 1849. Led by Etienne Cabet, a French political theorist, the Icarians believed that all property must be held communally. The community was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly in e…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11IE_historic-nauvoo_Nauvoo-IL.html
In 1839 the Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, settled at Nauvoo and made it their chief city. During their residence its population reached 15,000. After long friction with non-Mormons the Mormons were expelled in 1846. Three years later French communists call…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11IH_founding-of-pi-beta-phi-fraternity_Monmouth-IL.html
On April 28, 1867, the National Women's Fraternity Movement began here in the home of Jacob Holt. In a second floor bedroom, shared by Ada Bruen and Libbie Brook, twelve Monmouth College co-eds founded I.C. Sorosis, known today by its Greek motto, Pi Beta P…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11II_wyatt-earp-birthplace_Monmouth-IL.html
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, famous for the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, was born on March 19, 1848, in Monmouth. According to family history, his birthplace is located at 406 South 3rd Street. When Earp was two, his family m…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11IM_burial-site-of-josette-beaubien_Chicago-IL.html
Josette Beaubien, a survivor of the Fort Dearborn Massacre, was buried here in 1845. She was married to Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of Chicago's first settlers. Her brother was Claude LaFramboise, a chief of the Potawatomi Indians. Chief Alexander Robinson …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11IN_elgin-road-races_Elgin-IL.html
This marker is along the "south leg" of the Elgin road races. Beginning in 1910, many leading drivers and mechanics competed here in grueling tests of speed and endurance that contributed to the development of the modern automobile.Manufacturers were attrac…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM11IO_elgin-national-watch-company_Elgin-IL.html
From 1866 to 1966 this site was occupied by the Elgin National Watch Company. This was the first watch factory built west of the Alleghenies and grew to become the world's largest. During its lifetime over 60 million 'Elgin' watches were manufactured here. …