Land that Blew from Rags to Riches in Carroll County
Feature traces the 1960s to 1970s industrial land buy by Interstate Power Company, amassing nearly 1,200 acres along the Mississippi north of Thomson, Illinois. It recounts early options in 1967, deeds in 1969, rising prices for sandy loam soil, and local reactions as residents sold farms in hopes of a new industrial future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Savanna
Fulton
Illinois
Mississippi River
Interstate Power
Wien
Mississippi Valley
Thacs Ready Gerec
Interstate Power Company
Thomson
Paul
Cora McGinn
Sandwidge
Interate Power Company
Earl Beck
Interstate
Albert B. Lynch
Power Company
Lawrence Weatherwax
Helens Blinkensop
Earl Rupple
Donald Mackay
Ilinois
Hog confinement plans draw interest at county meetings
Local extension specialists warn a swine confinement building can lower feeding needs by 115 pounds per pig from weaning to market. Producers plan demonstrations and tours through March including a dairymen tour March 16 and a grazing beef demo March 19 at Herb Law's Route 88 farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Carlisle
K Extension
Specia
Herb Law
Route 88
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Extension calendar of events for Milledgeville area
March events include Milledgeville Park Promotion Days Tri County Barrow Show at Elizabeth Sale Barn and District I Town and Country Art Show at Augustana College. Dairymen’s Tour at Milledgeville Grange Hall and Development Corporation Board meeting at the Courthouse. Area DHIA meeting at Extension Office and Groom and Charm School at Namaan Diehl Auditorium. Freeze Branding Demonstration at Herb Law Farm with times listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville Park
Eizabeth Sale
Augustana College
Milledgeville Grange Hall
Development Corporation Board
DHIA
Groom and Charm
Naaman Diehl
Herb Law Farm
Pritchard Fined for Illegal Liquor Transport in Illinois
Herbert Pritchard, 23, of Forreston, was fined $100 plus court costs after a Friday hearing by Magistrate James Thorp for illegal transportation of liquor. He was arrested at 9:50 p.m. on February 1 north of Thomson by Illinois State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Pritchard
Forreston
James Thorp
Pritchard
Thomson By
Illinois
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Lila J. Atherton
Tory
Ty River
Power Land Aong
Sitz Bath
Harold Brinkmeier
Farm
Milledgevile Pork
Milledgeville Grocers
Barrow
Tri-County
Elizabeth Sale Barn
Ed Dittmar
Leo Alber
Smart Nvlions
Kraft’s
Doube
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
K. C
J. K. Whitney
Lila Atherton
Carroll
NicepAber ‘Association
Paul Johnson
Larryes
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