“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
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Early Monday morning workmen for the Concord Construction Co. of E. St. Louis began taking up the brick of the pavement on the public square to make way for the new concrete pavement which is to be laid on the four corners of the square and about the court house. Continue reading
The city commissioners on Tuesday ordered a new portable asphalt cooker and spray for use in patching pavement. Continue reading
Description of Marion; the report of the fire inspector of the fire fighting facilities for this county reads partially as follows: Area – 1-1/2 miles square, 2-1/4 square miles Topography – generally level with a slight grade toward the east. Continue reading
(Photo courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)