“They were called “hard roads” and they were a rarity in Illinois in the first two decades of the century, but Marion was a center of a movement to get Egypt out of the mud. Continue reading
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“On Wednesday morning a heavy wind accompanied by rain, visited Marion and the surrounding country, carrying before it fences, trees and houses, and otherwise doing great damage to the wheat and growing crops. Continue reading
Harry L. Crisp 1901-1975
Harry L. Crisp, Sr. was born at Aiken, Illinois in Franklin County on December 25, 1901 to Charles Crisp and Laura (Burns) Crisp. Continue reading
The building that housed Cooksey Grocery, located at 1801 W. Main Street, was originally purchased from Henry Brown by Joel Minsey Cooksey in 1911. Cooksey held the building for one year and sold it to M.C. Lawrence. Cooksey then repurchased the building in 1926 and operated it as a grocery by himself and then his son Joel Nicholas Cooksey until 1970 when the building and lot was purchased by Derby Refining Co. and served as a Derby service station. Continue reading
The following is a series of articles appearing in the Marion Daily Republican involving the murder of Cecil Jenkins in May 1970, one of a number of unsolved cold cases in Marion, Illinois. Continue reading