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Shawneetown Bank history explored by SSU project
Springfield Sangamon State University and the Illinois Department of Conservation sponsor research into the Bank of Illinois at Shawneetown birthplace of banking in the state. Horace Waggoner leads interviews and document hunts to revive 1840s details, record oral histories, and guide restoration of the Old Shawneetown bank building.
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Springfield
Sangamon State University
Illinois Department of Conservation
Bank of Illinois
Shawneetown
Illinois
Alex Haley
Haley
Horace Waggoner
Cullom Davis
Old Shawneetown
Department of Conservation
SSU
Bank
Shawneetown Bank
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Waggoner
Sangamon State Library
State Historical Library
California
Virginia
Ohio
New Orleans
New Shawneetown
John Marshall
Joliet
Thomas Ridgway
John McKee Peeples
First National Bank of
Ridgway
Sangamon State