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The Claude Brooks family in 1923. Claude and Lela Brooks left Edgar County in 1907 to homestead in North Dakota. Seated, left to right, Lela Brooks, daughter Shirley, and Claude Brooks. Standing, from left to right, Helen, Harold and Laverne Brooks
Homesteading in North Dakota
One family from the Paris area was instrumental in establishing a settlement in Sheets Township, North Dakota. William J. Sheets left his farm near Paris in 1905 and settled in western North … more
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The hand drawn map shows the location where John Brown fell due to several rounds fired from a pistol by bank cashier E. O. Snoddy. The shooting occurred when Snoddy woke up in the early morning hours and thought he heard somebody trying to break into the Redmon Bank. Without investigating and without seeing anybody, Snoddy fired into the darkness from an upstairs window.
Violent punishment once the norm
Punishment for wrongdoers has been a part of life as long as man has been walking the Earth. Societies have rules to live by in order maintain order and peace within the group, and those who do not … more
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Local strawberry legacy
June is the month when strawberries begin to ripen in Illinois. I saw a row of them beginning to bloom in a small garden in Redmon last week, and the sight reminded me of when I was a youngster and … more
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The Barnett Hotel as it looked when Lincoln stayed there. The building still stands on the top of the hill in Grandview and is a private home. The people are identified as Dan Whitcher, Shelby Green and Mary Ellen Redmon Green, and the photo was taken when the house was known as the Redmon-Green home.
Important byways of old Edgar County
Many of the first major roads and villages of Edgar County in its founding years are different than what we see today. As settlers needed roads in the 1830s to get to Paris and other important … more
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This period illustration shows the packed galleries of the U.S. Senate during the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. He was the first president impeached by the House of Representatives, but the Senate did not convict him.
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The impeachment process is possible because the framers of the Constitution understood a president guilty of misconduct needed to be removed by the legislative branches. George Mason and James … more
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An image of Paris from the early 1900s shows the location of Dr. E.E. Jones’s dentist office on the southeast corner of the square. He occupied space on the second story of the building from 1889 until his 1949 retirement. The caption under the photo indicates other interesting details in the image.
Early dentist left his mark
Elmer E. Jones was born on a farm near Monticello, Oct. 27, 1863. His parents were Triplett Lochardt Jones and Nancy Lee Savage Jones, who was a first cousin of Robert E. Lee. He eventually went … more
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