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Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois - Historical Book Archive

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 History of Hewitt Ware Feed & Supply Company
A family business serving Montgomery County farmers for three generations.
Publisher: The Hillsboro and Montgomery County News
Author: The Hillsboro and Montgomery County News
Year: 1981
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 1.64 MB
From the Historical Society of Montgomery County Book Collection. 
 Illinois Pioneer Days
Frontier and pioneer life in Illinois.
Publisher: Litchfield, Ill. : E. B. Lewis
Author: Elbert Waller
Year: 1918
Topic: Illinois
File Type: PDF
Size: 5.85 MB
 
 Illinois Traction System : An Album
Has a few pages showing Litchfield and Hillsboro.
Publisher: Chicago : Central Electric Railfans' Association
Author: William C. Janssen
Year: 1954
Topic: Illinois
File Type: PDF
Size: 8.81 MB
 
 Inventory of the County Archives of Illinois - Montgomery County
Prepared by the Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration.
Publisher: Chicago, Historical Records Survey
Author: Illinois Historical Records Survey
Year: 1937
Topic: Montgomery County, Illinois
File Type: PDF
Size: 11.4 MB
(NEW) - Added January 25, 2012 
 Irving centennial, 1863-1963
History of Irving Illinois 1863-1963.
Publisher: Irving Illinois
Author: Irving (Ill.) Centennial Book Committee
Year: 1963
Topic: Irving, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 6.64 MB
 
 Nokomis Souvenir Spplement
Nokomis Illinois History and Photos 1903
Publisher: Nokomis Progress Free Press
Author: Nokomis Progress Free Press
Year: 1903
Topic: Nokomis, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 6.4 MB
(NEW) Added April 30, 2012 
 Past and Present of Montgomery County, Illinois
History and Biographies Montgomery County Illinois
Publisher: Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Author: Jacob L. Traylor
Year: 1904
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 43 MB
 
 Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery and Bond Counties, Illinois
History of Bond and Montgomery County Illinois.
Publisher: Chicago: Chapman Bros.
Author: Chapman Publishing Company
Year: 1892
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 49 MB
 
 Prairie Farmer's Directory of Montgomery County, Illinois
1918 directory of Farmers and Breeders in Montgomery County Illinois.
Publisher: Prairie Farmer Publishing Company
Author: Chicago, Ill., Prairie Farmer Publishing Company
Year: 1918
Topic: Montgomery County
File Type: PDF
Size: 17 MB
 
 Semi-centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery Co., Ill.
Also a brief history of the village of Butler Illinois.
Publisher:
Author: Thomas E. Spilman
Year: 1878
Topic: Butler, IL
File Type: PDF
Size: 15 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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