“The advent of the 1930s did bring more than the Great Depression to Williamson County, it also brought the first airport. Fred Valentin opened the Marion airport in January, 1930, two years after he received his pilot’s license. Continue reading
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Marion, Illinois was first served with electricity only 10 years after Thomas Edison started the first central electrical generating station in New York City, when the Marion Street Light and Street Railway Company was chartered on June 15, 1891. Continue reading
Marion, Illinois was first served with electricity only 10 years after Thomas Edison started the first central electrical generating station in New York City, when the Marion Street Light and Street Railway Company was chartered on June 15, 1891 in Marion, Illinois. Continue reading
This 1970 Marion Business Directory lists all Marion Illinois businesses by category of trade.
For years, Marguerite Cagle and her family owned and operated the Hotel State building, an apt name for the stately tall, white building that has been a cornerstone of the West Main Street exit off the square since it was built in 1914. Continue reading
