According to an article written in the Marion Daily Republican around 1951, this home was built in the late 1870’s by Robert M. Hundley. Continue reading
Hon. Charles Hoton Denison, Mayor of Marion and President of the Marion State and Savings Bank, was born in Seneca County, New York August 31, 1837, the third of seven children. Continue reading
Log Cabin on West Main St. 1904
Editor’s Notes: The Edwards flouring mill mentioned in the following article used to stand exactly where the Bob Stotlar Lumber Co. on W. Main St. now stands next to the I.C. tracks. The RR in those days were owned by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Co (C.&E.I.). Where the old Blankenship auto parts building stands on the west side of the tracks was a mill pond fed by Crab Orchard Creek and was used to run the steam engines at the flour mill. The house in this article was located roughly in the parking lot on the east side of Bob Stotlar Lumber and next to the Baptist Church facing West Main St. The article is verbatim from the 1905 Souvenir book. Continue reading
Thanks to an article written in the 1970’s by Homer Butler in his series “Glances at life”, a chunk of railroad history has been salvaged. Homer interviewed Eugene Morrison, co-owner of Home Oil Company. Eugene’s father was F.E. Morrison, who came to Marion in 1903 as a telegraph operator. In 1905, he became agent for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad and held the position till he retired in 1925 to devote full time to the Home Oil Company which he and a brother had previously started. Continue reading
The Roland New Theater appears to have been built in 1906, the only other opera house in town other than the Marion Opera House at 400 N. Market St. Continue reading
