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
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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
This 1965 Marion Business Directory lists all Marion Illinois businesses by category of trade.
Around 1841, Capt. James Cunningham (father of Mrs. John A. Logan), Milton and Dr. Jonathon Mulkey saw the necessity of having a flouring mill for this region. Continue reading
