” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]One city government position that we don’t appear to have seen in Marion since the 1950’s was that of City Scavenger. The job was an appointed position and according to Marion’s Laws and Ordinances for the … Continue reading
Sam Lattuca
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The current location of the Artstarts building at 104 S. Van Buren Street has an interesting and varied history. When Williamson County was created out of the southern half of Franklin County in 1839 and Marion … Continue reading
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The construction in 2017 of a new home at 815 N. Market St. on the southeast corner of E. Boulevard and N. Market caught my attention. The lot had been vacant for several years and used … Continue reading
The plugin that I was using to view booklets and directories on this site went inactive on me so it has been replaced with a new viewer that seems to be more functional than the old one. You will find … Continue reading
One of the most unusual escapes in the history of American prisons took place near Marion on July 21, 1971. At about 1:45 that afternoon, Warren George Briggs, bank robber turned scientist, leapt over two barbed wire-topped 15 foot high … Continue reading