Four Miners Dead, Seven Wounded in a Gas Explosion Near Marion, Illinois Continue reading
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With the issue of the Marion Weekly Leader dated March 18, 1971, it will cease to exist after 133 years of service to the people of Marion and Williamson County. Continue reading
Illinois Central Railroad Seeks to sell Depot which was Pride and Joy in 1916 Continue reading
“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
“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