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Energy in Illinois: a former stopover grows into a town
The former Y near Herrin, now Energy Ill, evolved from a streetcar stop to a growing village. It formed in 1904 as Fordville, renamed Energy in 1913 for the Taylor Coal Co. The area built mines, saloons, a jail, schools, and churches, later annexed to Herrin in 1964, and by 1970s housed industry like Energy Culvert Co and Central Supply.
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Pam Riesmeyer
Southern Illinoisan Energy
Herrin
Rt. 13
Coal Belt Electric Railway Co
Marion
Carterville
Black Diamond
Fordville
Wiley Ford
Taylor Coal Co
Energy
Chicago
Energy Coal Co
Ill
Charles
Bill” Walker
Happy Hollow
Price Watson
Kathryn Lindauer
Lage
Walker
Blanche Braden
Crenshaw Crossing
Braden
Energy Culvert Co
Crenshaw
Herrin High School
First Baptist Church of Energy
Adam
Odd Fellows Hall
of Energy
Front Street
Rt. 148
Forsyth Energy Coal Co
Peabody Coal Co
Alexander and
Taylor Streets
Central Supply and Heating Corp
John Nesler