Early Illinois settlers shaped Big Muddy Basin history
The Big Muddy River Basin including Jackson Franklin Williamson Perry Washington and Jefferson counties attracted early settlers after Britain won Illinois post French and Indian War. Figures like Geo Rogers Clark expanded Virginia claims by 1778, with settlement growth flowing from Bottomlands between Belleville and Chester. Towns developed along 1822 routes, salt works flourished, and farming became dominant as transportation improved.
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Big Muddy River
Jackson
Franklin
Williamson
Perry
Washington
Jefferson
Great Britain
Britain
Ilinois
National Park Service
Southern Illinois University Museum
Illinois Land Company
Kaskakaskins
Cahokias
Peorias
Geo. Rogers Clark
Virginia
Massac
Metropolis
Kaskasia
Vincennes
Illinois
Northwest Territory
Indiana Territory
Tlinois
Wisconsin
Kaskaskia
Kaskaskias
Big Muddy
Sand Springs
Clark
Belleville
Chester
Mississippi River
Illinois Territory
Tennessee
Kentucky
Carolinas
Georgia
Perry County
John Flack
Four Mile Prairie
Pinckney
Cutchins
Beaucoup Creek
Brown
Jefferson County
Zadoc Casey
Mt. Vernon
Franklin County
Cave Township
Jordan Brothers
William Boon
Jackson County
Randolph County
Degonia Creek
Boon
Mississippi
New Orleans
Lauzadder
Dutch Ridge
Williamson County
Bainbridge
Washington County
Covington
Conrad Will
Pittsburg
Brownsville
Big Murry
Carbondale
Fort Massac
Vienna
Crainville
Murphysboro
Clarke
Shawneetown
Carlyle
Edwardsville
Illinois Bar weighs reporting rules after Reardon Report
The Illinois State Bar Association president endorses forming a joint working group with news media to draft rules governing release of criminal case information and trial publication to protect press freedom. The April board meeting will discuss the matter. Local notes follow, mentioning visits and family events across Marshall, Terre Haute, Union Hospital, Clinton, and nearby towns. A Bible verse about judgment ends the piece.
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American Bar Association
House of Delegates
Reardon
ABA
Ilinois State Bar Association
Bar
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Isba Board of Governors
Illinois Bar Center
Springfield
Illinois State Bar Assn
Stanton L. Ehrlich
Janet Ann Graham Returns Home Improving After Hospital Stay
Janet Ann Graham was returned to her home from Union Hospital and is improving nicely. Marshall visitors Mr. and Mrs. John Guthrie and family spent Wednesday evening with Mrs. Mabel Guthrie. The regular Missionary Society meeting hosted by Mrs. David Bland occurred Wednesday at her home with guests Mrs. Maggie Bland Mrs. J. H Johns and Mrs. Grace Mason. Sunday supper guests for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roush included Mrs. George Ray Brian and Rickie, while Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fisher and family of Terre Haute and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wilt and son of Marshall joined Sunday dinner with their mother Mrs. Grace Mason.
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Roy Ray
Mary Kirby
Russell Taylor
Winford Taylor
Annetta Hollenbeck
Union Hosital
Rosanna Fairgrief
Terre Haute
Ralph Fairgrief
John Yeley
Alice Jean Beitz
Dean Holmes
Harold Morecraft
Grace Mason
J H. Johns
Burnside Home
Marshall
Lavenia Jones
George Ray
Jack Fulton
Eddie Somers
P. M White
Janet Ann Graham
Union Hospital
John Guthrie
Mabel Guthrie
David Bland
Peiap Missionary Society
Maggie Bland
J. H Johns
Brian
Rickie
Bill Roush
Vermilion
Harold Fisher
Gerald Wilt
Noted Racing Driver Joins Mid-Southern Toyotas Public Relations
William Banzai Bill Hayes age 26 is named Public Relations Representative for Mid-Southern Toyotas, distributor for 17 Mid Western and Southern States. A 1967 national figure as the Grant Rambler SST engineer builder and driver, Hayes comes from Petersen Publishing where he was Technical Editor for Hot Rod Motor Trend Sports Car Graphics and Car Craft. He also led drag racing and power boat championships and co founded racing associations. Hayes’ appointment aligns with Toyota’s U S market expansion plans.
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William “Banzai
Hayes
Petersen Publishing Company
Hollywood
Petersen
Hot Rod
Motor Trend
American Power Boat Association
National Drag Boat Association
National Hot Rod Association
United Drag Racers Association
Mid- Southern
Will
West Union Community Notes and Family News
Sunday dinner guests included Harnett Wright and Ledermann families with Ruth Wright and visitors from Chicago. A missionary rally is planned with speakers from Italy Philippines and Indiana, plus church events and a youth supper. A newborn Angela Kay Wilson arrived February 27 at Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan Indiana, and several residents attended a funeral in Terre Haute.
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Harnett Wright
Fenton Ledermann
Wilford Leasure
Hattie Ledermann
Ruth Wright
Nannie Gillis
Larry
Tom Gillis
Chicago
Stanley Strohm
Hutsonville
Erma Strohm
Paul Wilson
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Indiana
Angela Kay
Wilson
Henry Wilson
Robert Carlston
Longview
Illinois
Martha Evans
Robinson
Milo Prust
Margaret Miller
John Crowe
Edgar Ransford
Terre Haute
Irene Cline
DAR
Colonial Kitchen
Marshall
Prust
Cora Gard
The Mark of Success in Business Growth
A concise look at how constant innovation drives growth from roadside fruit stands to REA Express. It highlights ceaselessly seeking new ways to meet public demand, such as container leasing and inter modal shipping, as keys to enduring success.
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Pony Express
Railway Express
REA Express
Fruit Stand Express
REA
Thanking Friends and Prayers From Amelia Sweitzer
Amelia Sweitzer expresses gratitude to friends for prayers gifts flowers letters and cards during illness and after returning home thanking each person with God bless every one.
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Amelia Sweitzer
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Marion Garner
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P M White
Delbert Prusett
Joyce Pruiett
Clinton
Robert Kirby
Paris
Maurice Straw
Chrisman
Danny Taylor
Mrs Russell A Tylor
Christ
Quinn Cline Agency
Toyota
U.S
Japan
United States
BI Bayes
West Union
West Union Church of the Nazarene
Evans
Gene Hammond
South Side
Marshall, Ill
Kroehler
Berkline
John J. Madden Lane
LA Z Boy
Craddock
Lamonite
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