At the close of the Revolutionary War, a great many soldiers were discharged and sent home without their pay. To remedy this, the Continental Congress passed an act granting to every such discharged soldier one hundred acres of land, to be selected by him within a prescribed territory; and on October 22nd, 1787, that congress set off as a reservation for that purpose, a portion of land in the Northwest Territory, described and bounded as follows: Continue reading
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Around Marion many, many people know who Frank Thompson is. He is a man who has lived in Marion since 1957. He is the man who was the terminal manager for Viking Freight Co. west of town, on what was then the only Route 13. Frank managed this terminal until 1967, when Viking Freight sold out to Spector Freight and closed their Marion operation. For the next 15 years Frank commuted to Mt. Vernon, working for Spector. Continue reading
Sale of Roland Building Stirs Memories of Theater’s Heyday
The news that the Roland Theater building had been sold recently stirred a lot of memories in the minds of the older Marion citizens, for that was the place the fellows took their girls and where pa took ma and ma took the kids.
C.F. Roland built the theater and named it for himself in 1906. Activities, however, really started one day when a man, his wife and small son came to town to play an engagement in the old Opera House. Continue reading
Begin Paving Hitch Yard
Marion will have additional parking space when the entire block just north of the city hall building will be surfaced with black top. The project now underway will cost the city $2,000.
Grading and marking off the area will afford more space than there has been when cars were parked at various angles. Continue reading
Mercury Hovers Around 20 Below Early Saturday
The season’s most severe cold wave held Southern Illinois in its grip Saturday following a stormy night which covered the entire southern tip of the state with a blanket of snow and mercury tumbled down to eighteen below zero. Continue reading