Senator Robert A. Taft was running against Dwight Eisenhower for the 1952 Presidential election when he made a stop in Marion, Illinois and appeared on the Public Square to drum up support. Continue reading
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Sunday, March 27, 1977– More than five inches of rain soaked Marion in 12 hours, triggering flooding up to six feet in some areas of the town. Continue reading
Marion Flour Mill 1904
As late as the post-World War I period the tall, black elevator building provided storage for grain bought from local farmers and held for rail shipment or for manufacture into flour on the spot. Continue reading
In a lifetime a family may move many times. But houses seldom move. Maybe some houses will change locations one time, but not many take the second move as is being done by the house that is believed to have been the first bungalow-type residential building erected in Marion. Continue reading
Graves and Price Hanged on July 10 1903
The vacant lot on South Madison Street in the rear of the old American Legion Home has completed a cycle of public ownership now that it has been purchased by the city for a parking lot. Continue reading