This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Mt Vernon News Highlights And Local Notes Through The Decades
An array of local items chronicles Mt Vernon history from past decades including scorched heat delaying Charlie Haywood on the way to the lumber yard, a 17 11 Clippers defeat to the McLeansboro club, and Supreme Court action ending a Johnson Rackaway case. It lists anniversary notices, public works, theatre features, and civic events spanning 55 to 5 years ago with names like Shelby Wiggins Horace Creek figure Charley Gregory and local venues Plaza Theatre Granada Theatre and Rape of the Lock barbershop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Haywood
McLeansboro
Clippers
Sandy Noble
Jud Noble
State Normal University
Normal
McAdoo
Mt. Vernon
Jerry Ray McAdoo
Vietnam
Roy Douglas
Route 3
Juedith Bailey
Virgil Bailey
Judy
Rape of the Lock
New York City
Granada Theatre
Cecil M. Taylor
Julie Andrews
Granada
Elvis Presley
Che