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Submitted by: Historical Society on: June 06, 2009 | Article rating: 
Believed to have been the first band, composed of mostly high school boys was Strange’s Saxophone Band established in 1918 by Dr. E.B. Strange, prominent Hillsboro musician and dentist.
The band was not sponsored by the high...
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Submitted by: Ann Stoddard on: June 04, 2009 | Article rating:
BACKGROUND
Zanesville Township - In the year 1853, Andrew Nash and a man by the name of Lockerman had an altercation brought on by the too free use of whisky, during which the former stabbed the latter in a very brutal manne...
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Submitted by: Ann Stoddard on: June 04, 2009 | Article rating: 
History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois
Chapter XXIII written by G. N. Berry in 1882
Zanesville Township
Pages 362 - 367
Position - Boundaries, etc.
The original Zanesville Precinct included within its area t...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: June 02, 2009 | Article rating: 
History of Hillsboro Illinois Schools
In the Fall of 1825 the first log school house was built on the brow of the hill overlooking the natural spring which still gushes forth in Central Park – the same spring discovered by M...
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Submitted by: Ann Stoddard on: May 29, 2009 | Article rating: 
WHY IS CEMETERY PRESERVATION IMPORTANT?
A cemetery serves two purposes, (1) the burial of the dead and (2) a place where the living communicate with the dead. Cemeteries are places with specific visual characteristics includ...
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