1927 Marion Auto License
It is pretty well established that the Williamson County Fair has been, in the past, a very big affair not only for the county but for the entire region as well. So large were the crowds and conversely the numbers of automobiles that there is no way the fairground could handle all of the automobiles. The solution was to park elsewhere and catch a ride to the fair. Continue reading
March 27, 1977, The Tempo Department Store in the Westmore Shopping Center in Marion was destroyed by fire Sunday night, with the loss estimated at about $1 million. Continue reading
“If there was ever a definite plan adopted for the naming of Marion, Illinois streets, it was lost somewhere in the succession of expansions by fits and starts that have seen the town from nothing in 1839 to more than 13,000 souls 138 years later. Continue reading
Before Rose Hill Cemetery came into existence, Marion, Illinois citizens were buried at the old Marion Cemetery, aka Aikman Cemetery. When the city started growing and more space was required Rose Hill was established in 1884 and some of the graves were moved from the old cemetery. Continue reading
Samuel Aikman, his wife Henrietta and a family of six boys and three girls came to Marion, Illinois in 1837 and settled on the west side of Marion, Illinois before the town was platted or built, while this county was still a part of Franklin County. Continue reading
