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Montgomery County Illinois History
Submitted by: Nancy Slepicka on: July 10, 2009 | Article rating: 
The Old Settlers – Hillsboro Illinois
The Old Settlers meet and talk over the time,
When they hustled like smoke to get hold of a dime;
And they tell of their cabins with hewed puncheon floors,
And relate how t...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: July 10, 2009 | Article rating: 
By Idabel Evans
In 1834, according to the Gazetteer of Illinois, Hillsboro was a "healthy and flourishing town" with 50 families and 250 inhabitants, six stores, four taverns, three blacksmiths, two tanneries, one shoemaker,...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: July 10, 2009 | Article rating:
Hillsboro Silver Cornet Band – Hillsboro Illinois
By Tom Bliss
A Part of the past…
It was 123 years ago, back in 1854 when the Montgomery County Agricultural Society was established and the first county fair was held in Hi...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: July 09, 2009 | Article rating:
Old Settlers History – Hillsboro Illinois
Programme
of
Old Settler's
Reunion
Saturday, Sept. 6, 1884.
1...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: July 01, 2009 | Article rating:
Montgomery County Farm Bureau – Hillsboro Illinois
The Montgomery County Farm Bureau has its headquarters in a building on the west side of the courthouse square. The local Farm Bureau was organized April 1, 1918, but it is ...
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