Coal miners rode the electric line to get to work and school children watched plays like “Peck’s Bad Boy” at an opera house on Union Street. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
One of the platforms Mayor Robert L. Butler ran on in that first election in 1963 was a promise to take care of Marion’s chronic flooding problem. It was to his advantage that just before the primary, the town’s streets filled with water after a storm. Water was four feet deep at the four-way stop and much of the city was drenched. Continue reading
It won’t occur many times, that we will get the opportunity to read an autobiographical account by a historical city leader. Mayor Robert Butler’s “tongue in cheek” account of his own life is one exception. Continue reading
The Marion Cider Mill was located at 1210 N. Monroe Street in 1904. This would have placed it at the fringe of city limits in this time.
Absolutely nothing is known about this business or its owners other than this single photo published in the 1905 Souvenir History of the county and one Marion business directory listing.
Whether the cider they produced was “hard” or just regular apple cider is up for debate at this time until more is discovered.
(Photo from 1905 Souvenir History, WCHS; Marion City Directory; compiled by Sam Lattuca on 04/12/2013)
The Eagle Machine and Repair Shop was located at 103 S. Court Street which put it a half block south of the old four way stop (W. Main and Court Street/ Rt 37) on the east side. Continue reading