The Silver Moon Restaurant served train travelers from 1902 to 1915. It was located at 701 W. College St. next to the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad track just south of the depot on the west side of the tracks. Continue reading
The Silver Moon Restaurant served train travelers from 1902 to 1915. It was located at 701 W. College St. next to the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad track just south of the depot on the west side of the tracks. Continue reading
If you mentioned meeting someone at the four way stop in Marion, Illinois anywhere between 1940 and 1970 there wouldn’t be much question about where that was. Continue reading
Jimmy Carter visited Williamson County to campaign for the Presidency three times. Continue reading
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
“The advent of the 1930s did bring more than the Great Depression to Williamson County, it also brought the first airport. Fred Valentin opened the Marion airport in January, 1930, two years after he received his pilot’s license. Continue reading