Announcement of the closing of the Orpheum Theatre as a result of the owners decision not to correct fire and safety hazards cited by state and city officials rang down the curtain of a show house that was the city’s chief place of entertainment during most of its more than a half century of operation. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
At the age of 91, William Jasper Stockton wrote a biographical sketch in 1939 in which he said the first school he attended was in a barn owned by his uncle, Isaac at Coal Bank which was located between Marion and Spillertown. Continue reading
The sight of workmen building paved parking lots on public and private property in the segment of downtown Marion North West of the Tower Square Plaza calls attention to another of the ongoing programs to enable a municipality founded in the 19th century to accommodate late 20th century demands. Continue reading
Edward Everett Denison was born in Marion, Illinois August 28, 1873 to Charles H. Denison and Mary Elizabeth Bundy, daughter of Dr. Samuel H. Bundy and sister to William H. Bundy. Continue reading
