The Marion Building and Loan Association was organized in 1887 and was an active factor in the development of Marion. Leroy Goddard and J.B. Bainbridge were involved in its formation with Leroy Goddard serving as its first President up to about 1889 and Bainbridge serving for 15 years or more after him. Continue reading
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This wholesale grocery company was considered a home institution in its time. It was first established in St. Louis, but in 1913 the main office was located in Marion in a building at 600 N. Van Buren Street next to the Illinois Central railroad tracks. Continue reading
The wholesale grocery house of Goddard & Co. was operated in Marion as a branch of the large wholesale institution in St. Louis, which was incorporated in 1872. The company was present in Marion by the turn of the century and in the 1906 Marion directory they were listed at 118 E. Union Street. Continue reading
The Marion Supply Company located at 200-04 E. Main Street across the street from the U.S. Post Office was built to be part of the Elles Store Company. Continue reading
The game of baseball found professional roots in Southern Illinois in the year 1947. The present day Midwest Baseball League got its start that year as the Illinois State League, changing its name in 1949 to the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League. Continue reading