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• Mary Hartline 2004 Old Settlers Grand Marshal When Mary Hartline of Hillsboro leads the 2004 Old Setters parade as the Grand Marshal it will mark the 53rd anniversary of her first Old Settlers appearance when record setting crowds came to Hillsboro to see in person the hometown girl whod become the star of ABC televisions Super Circus. history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• Hillsboro Illinois Old Settlers Reunion 1884 Programme of Old Settlers Reunion Saturday Sept 6 1884. Meeting called to order at 10 oclock A.M. Greeting song be the Baptist Choir. Prayer by the Rev. Samuel Walker Singing be the Walker Brothers. Reading of the minutes from the last meeting. history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• The Hillsboro Illinois Old Settlers Association The Old Settlers association was organized and the first meeting held in Hillsboro July 2 1873 partly to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Hillsboro in 1823. While Hillsboro had inhabitants prior to that date yet the plat and final papers establishing the town were accepted by the county commissioners on July 2, 1823. history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• The Old Settlers by C. W. Bliss 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 they shot wild deers from their doors. They talk of the days, when, with vigorous frame. They passed through the woods in search of wild game. How the wild turkeys roosted around the trees. And they killed what they wanted for dinner with ease. How the wolves used to howl and the hounds used to run. And the fox dug its hole uns history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• The Hillsboro Illinois Old Settlers Log Cabin In 1882 under the leadership of Jacob Cress Thomas Phillips and Solomon Harkey plans were adopted and carried out to erect a memorial log cabin on the Old Fair grounds each of the old settlers to prepare a log to go into the cabin on the smooth outside of which was to be painted the name of the contributor the date of his birth or entrance into the country or state. history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• Prize Winning Safety Ship 1926 Hillsboro Old Settlers If your memory goes back fifty years to September 2, 1926 when this home designed, home constructed and home decorated float entered in the parade by employees of the Eagle Pitcher plant who were “broadcasting” and practicing safety as shown on the “life preservers” on the side of the “yacht” which revealed the greatest number of days each department had operated without an accident. history.montgomeryco.com Read More

• Old Settlers Band of 1888 Since the first fair was held on what is now Beckemeyer school campus what was to become Old Settlers Day has been a part of Hillsboro. The present Old Settlers Association was formed in 1883, with Solomon Harkey as president, and from then on the annual celebration has been held during the last of August or early September. Music and speaking were the main attractions until parades and floats became a part of the annual celebration history.montgomeryco.com Read More