Flooding in Marion

” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]It shouldn’t be a surprise that Marion historically used to have severe flooding issues when you look at the way the land lays and the elevations involved. Crab Orchard Creek which brushes the city to the … Continue reading

Early New Route 13 West Aerial Photos

It’s always interesting to look back at how much things have changed over time, particularly the highly developed area west of I-57 in Marion which exploded with the completion of interstate 57 and the development of the new Route 13 corridor. It is hard to believe that not that many years prior to these photos being taken; much of this area was either strip mine or cornfields. Continue reading