The First National Bank was incorporated in January 1891 as a successor to the Exchange Bank of J. H. Burnett and H.T. Goddard. The bank occupied the location on the square where the Bank of Marion now sits. Continue reading
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The Marion and Eastern Railroad was purchased in 1917 from the Ernest Coal Company who owned the Eldorado, Marion and Southwestern Railroad for $60,000 dollars. The line was originally built in 1908 and was a short line railroad of 11.5 miles extending from Marion, Illinois to Paulton, Illinois. Continue reading
The village of Pittsburg in Section 35 of Lake Creek Township was platted and developed in 1906 by John Colp. He planned a new industrial community patterned after Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Continue reading
“During the summer months, from 1850 to 1872, there was a class of men in this county known as teamsters, who followed the business of moving the products of the county to the railroads and rivers. In an early day nothing could be sent to market but such things as could walk. Ox teams were used up to 1866, when everybody commenced to use horses for teaming. Continue reading
J. H. Siekman came to Marion June 1, 1913, to serve as Principal of Brown’s Business College. The school was located on the main floor of the Masonic building located on the southeast corner of West Main and Monroe Streets (315 W. Main St.) Continue reading
