“They were called “hard roads” and they were a rarity in Illinois in the first two decades of the century, but Marion was a center of a movement to get Egypt out of the mud. Continue reading
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John B. Bainbridge was one of the sons of a pioneer family which settled in a small community bearing the Bainbridge name three miles west of Marion. John B. was the only son of the family to stay in the area, becoming a prominent storekeeper, bank director, and dealer in real estate. Continue reading
1922 crowd awaiting Herrin Mine Grand Jury on Public Square, Marion, Illinois
In 1922, a crowd on the public square in Marion, Illinois anxiously awaits the outcome of a Grand Jury to hand down verdicts related to the Herrin Mine massacres which occured earlier in the year. Scab mine workers who had been called in to work the mines during strikes at a mine just outside Herrin, Illinois had been brutally murdered and tortured.
(Photo from the Williamson County Historical Society)
In September of 1948, President Harry S. Truman with his wife Bess and daughter Margaret traveled by car through Marion, Herrin and Carterville. Continue reading
October 3, 1960 was a very big day for a lot of people from Marion, Illinois. The Democratic candidate for President of the United States was coming to town. Schools were dismissed at 2:30 to allow time for everyone on the parade route to catch a glimpse of “Camelot”. Continue reading
