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 A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois
Frontier and pioneer life in Illinois.
Publisher: Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Author: Christiana Holmes Tillson
Year: 1919
Topic: Illinois
File Type: PDF
Size: 9.45 MB
 
 An Honor Roll
Containing a pictorial record of the gallant and courageous men from Montgomery County, Illinois, who served in the Great War, 1917-1918-1919.
Publisher: Litchfield, Ill.: News-Herald
Author: Not Listed
Year: 1920
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 18 MB
 
 Centennial history of Nokomis, Illinois, 1856-1956
History of Nokomis Illinois 1856 - 1956.
Publisher: Nokomis, Ill., Free Press-Progress Printers
Author: Centennial Book Committee (Nokomis, Ill.)
Year: 1956
Topic: Nokomis, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 9.03 MB
 
 Charles Wesley Bliss and the Montgomery News
Charles Wesley Bliss and History of the Montgomery News.
Publisher: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Author: Paul M. McInerny
Year: 1977
Topic: Hillsboro
File Type: PDF
Size: 3.0 MB
 
 Chautauqua Chat - Eighth Annual Assembly August 4 to 18, 1912
A Journal Devoted to the Lovers of Nature and of Art.
Publisher: Litchfield Printing & Stationery Co.
Author: Litchfield Hillsboro Chautauqua Assembly
Year: 1912
Topic: Litchfield, IL & Hillsboro, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 3.0 MB
From the Historical Society of Montgomery County Book Collection.  
 Forgotten Cemeteries of Montgomery County Illinois
A number of these cemeteries have now disappered in the twenty years and at present are non-existent. (Walter R. Sanders, 1969)
Publisher: Walter Sanders
Author: Walter Sanders
Year: 1969
Topic: Montgomery County Cemeteries
File Type: PDF
Size: 10 MB
Document provided by Ann Stoddard. 
 Hillsboro Guide
History of Hillsboro Illinois up to 1939.
Publisher: Hillsboro: Printed by The Montgomery News
Author: Harold Blizzard for the Works Project Administration
Year: 1940
Topic: Hillsboro, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 5.05 MB
 
 Hillsboro Illinois U.S.A. Yours For Business
Its Claims to Distinction Under a Twentieth Century Lens. What Hillsboro is doing, and what the city proposes to do in the industrial and commercial life of this great Mississippi valley.
Publisher: J. A. Reid - The Bookmaker
Author: Reid's Brochures of Notable American Cities
Year: 1913
Topic: Hillsboro, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 12.2 MB
From the Historical Society of Montgomery County Book Collection. 
 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois Vol II - Montgomery County
History of Montgomery County Illinois.
Publisher: Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company
Author: Alexander T. Strange
Year: 1918
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 48.9 MB
 
 History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois
History of Bond and Montgomery County Illinois.
Publisher: Chicago : O. L. Baskin
Author:
Year: 1882
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 51 MB
 

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Lincoln Statue "Among Friends"

Unveiliing of the Lincoln Statue in Hillsboro Illinois

Abe was the star, but the spotlight was on Hillsboro's achievement for the unveiling of the new statue of America's 16th President.

An overflow crowd attended Saturday evening's dedication of "Among Friends," a life-size bronze sculpture of Lincoln on the downtown plaza.

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Unveiliing of the Lincoln Statue in Hillsboro Illinois

Abe was the star, but the spotlight was on Hillsboro's achievement for the unveiling of the new statue of America's 16th President.

An overflow crowd attended Saturday evening's dedication of "Among Friends," a life-size bronze sculpture of Lincoln on the downtown plaza.

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Forgotten Cemeteries

Forgotten Cemeteries of Montgomery County Illinois
 
Forgotten Cemeteries

The Forgotten Cemeteries title is in tribute to all the cemetery readings done by Walter Sanders and his high school students in the 1940's. Hopefully we can carry on the tradition and work together to locate and read all the abandoned cemeteries in Montgomery County!

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Forgotten Cemeteries of Montgomery County Illinois
 
Forgotten Cemeteries

The Forgotten Cemeteries title is in tribute to all the cemetery readings done by Walter Sanders and his high school students in the 1940's. Hopefully we can carry on the tradition and work together to locate and read all the abandoned cemeteries in Montgomery County!

Click here to view or join this group.

Solomon Harkey House

Solomon Harkey Hillsboro Illinois

Solomon Harkey

The pioneer village of Hillsboro was less than a dozen years old when Solomon Harkey built his two-story Federal style home in 1834. A plain house by today's standards, it must have seemed a mansion at a time when even the Montgomery County courthouse was a simple log structure.

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Solomon Harkey Hillsboro Illinois

Solomon Harkey

The pioneer village of Hillsboro was less than a dozen years old when Solomon Harkey built his two-story Federal style home in 1834. A plain house by today's standards, it must have seemed a mansion at a time when even the Montgomery County courthouse was a simple log structure.

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