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1812-1962

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
MADISON COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL

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It is the earnest hope of the Madison County
Sesquicentennial Committee that this official souvenir
program will serve to enrich the historical knowledge
of its readers and enable them to enjoy more thorough-
ly the many and colorful events being held in com-
memoration of "Our 150 Years."

Months of preparation have gone into this celebra-
tion. Its success must be measured by how well it
depicts the passing scene and by whether it adds in
generous measure to our appreciation of the adven-
turous, fascinating deeds of our forebears.

Madison County has achieved growth not only
through the efforts of individuals but also through the
progress of scores of business and manufacturing firms,
many of which pre-date our oldest living residents. The
committee extends its thanks to these establishments
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messages appear in this program. It wishes them con-
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OUR

150

VEARS

by James S.Flagg

It was perhaps inevitable that Madison County
should develop from a beautiful wilderness and a
handful of whites and Indians in 1812 into one of the
nation's more populous and prosperous counties in the
atomic age.

The area's natural blessings — a varied, temperate
climate, good to very rich farmland, a wealth of wood-
lands and nearness to the confluences of the Mississippi-
Missouri and Mississippi-Illinois rivers — all of these
were enough to attract the imaginative pioneers from
Kentucky and Tennessee and Virginia, and later from
New England and the east and the north.

And so when Ninian Edwards, territorial governor
of Illinois, established the County of Madison on Sept.
14, 1812, he laid the foundation for a political sub-
division whose estimated 225,000 residents have, in an
era of orbiting si>ace capsules, every right to be proud
of their heritage.

For many decades prior to 1812 there were a few
white men in and near the county, notably at the
Cahokia settlement in St. Clair County. The pioneers
came and went. Knowledge of them is rather meager
aside from accounts of skirmishes with the Indians,
among them Chief Pontiac, and troubles novr and then
involving the Spanish, French and British.

With the end of the Revolutionary War, however,
migration to the promising West began in earnest.
Soon after 1800 Madison Coviniy had its first permanent
residents.

Theirs was not an easy lot. Their comforts were
few, their working hours long, and their luxuries al-
most non-existent. Their main concerns were shelter,
food and clothing.

It is probable that their motive for coming West
was the same as that of the average family changing
jobs today — to improve their living standards. This
they did while enduring a multitude of hardships. But
they worried not at all about fallout, parking places,
income taxes or cholesterol.

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HISTORY OF HADISON COUNTY , ILLINOIS

aOVEKNOS NINIAN BDWASDS

THOMAS JUDY

When Gov. Edwards established the county, it was an
immense area. Its southern border included the present line but
it extended from the Mississippi to the Wabash River. All the
land north of that line to the Canadian border and even to the
North Pole, some say, was Madison County, including Wiscon-
sin, that part of Minnesota east of the Mississippi and northern
Michigan.

Subdividing began soon thereafter with the growth of the
territory, and by 1831 the county had dwindled to its present
proportions plus what is now Bond County. The latter area was
detached in 1843 and there has been no change since that year.
Thus it is quite understandable that there was a drop in
census figures with changes in the size of the county. The pop-
ulation is given as 13.550 in 1820, 6.221 in 1830, 14,433 in 1840,
20.441 in 1850. 31.351 in 1860, 44.131 in 1870 and 50.141 in 1880.

Whenever there was any sign of trouble from 1812 on, the
people looked for protection to Fort Russell, after which the
largest township of the county is named. The fort was about
a mile northwest of Edwardsville and less than a quarter-mile
west of what is now route 112.

Quoting from Davidson's and Stuve's History of Illinois
(1874): "The most notable, as also the largest, strongest and
best appointed in ever>' respect, of the stockade forts, was Fort
Russell (named after Col. William Russell) established by Gov.
Edwards early in 1812. The cannon (five) of Louis XIV, which
had done service in the ancient Fort Chartres, were removed
higher and placed in position.

"This stockade was made the rendezvous for the militia
and the regulars, and the main depot for military supplies. Gov.
Edwards here established his headquarters, during the perilous
times of 1812. and gathered about him the beauty and chivalry
of those days. Within the protective walls of this stockade were
attracted and found shelter much of the talent, fashion and
wealth of the country, and here His Excellency presided with
a courtly grace and dignity, well befitting his fine personal
appearance and his many accomplishments."

Who were Madison County's first permanent settlers?
When did they arrive and where did they make their homes?
These questions will be answered as completely as possible
within the limits of space. Millions of words could be written
about Madison County's 150 years, and several fine volumes
already have been published. This account, however, must be
confined to a mere outline of the county's personalities and
progress because of the limit on wordage.

It might be said with some degree of seriousness that the
county was misnamed. When the Rev. David Badgley. a Baptist
minister, and some others explored this area in 1799. they were
so impressed by the luxuriant growth of grass and vegetation
that they were reminded of the best of the land of Egypt. Re-
calling the Biblical story of the Land of Goshen, they gave that
name to this area. Appropriately enough, the county now has
a historical organization with the same name

The Rev. Badgley was never a resident of the county,
having lived near Belleville. Apparently the first American to
establish a home here was Ephriam Conner. In 1800 he built
a rude cabin in the northwest corner of the present CoUinsville
township. Conner seems not to have cared for the area's many
resources because a year later he disposed of his holdings to
Samuel Judy.

Judy became a permanent and valued citizen of the coun-
ty, having fought in the War of 1812 and served in the first
legislature and on the first county commission. He was married
to Margaret Whiteside, a sister of Gen. Samuel Whiteside. The
first or second year after his arrival he set out an orchard in
what was known as Goshen, at about the present site of Peter's
Station. In 1808 he built a brick house, the walls of which were
cracked by an earthquake in 1811.

Judy's oldest son, Jacob, was register of the Edwards-
ville land office from 1845 to 1849. Another son. Col. Thomas
Judy, was in the legislature in 1852 and 1853.

One of the first families to settle in Madison County was
the Gillham family. The first to come to America. Thomas
Gillham, was a native of Ireland. He arrived in Virginia in 1730
and later moved to South Carolina. His fourth son. James, was
the first to arrive in Illinois, coming here in 1794 to search for
his wife and children who were held captive by Indians. He set-
tled in the American Bottom, apparently south of St. Louis,
and later moved to Madison County.

Two other brothers. John and William, arrived in Madison
County in 1802. Another brother. Thomas II. had reached Illinois
in 1799. A fifth brother. Isaac, settled in this county in 1804 or
1805.

With this large delegation among the early settlers, and
with their descendants, the Gillham family became one of the
most prominent in the county.

Brink's Historj' of Illinois has this to say: "The Gillhams
were strong supporters of morality and order, and among the
best citizens of the county. Though born in a slave state, they
recognized the corruoting influence of slavery, and unalterably
opposed its introduction into Illinois. The author of a history of
the state, published in 1849. remarks that the convention party
of 1824 owed its defeat to the Gillham family and their kins-
men, who, almost in a solid phalanx, cast 500 votes against the
proposition to make Illinois a slave state."

Prominent among the county's early settlers were mem-
bers of the Whiteside family who moved from Monroe County
to a new home near that of Col. Judy at Goshen in 1802. Wil-
liam Grotts and Robert Seybold came in 1803, the latter living
in Jarvis township near Troy.

A short time later Dr George Cadwell settled near Venice,
and his friend. John Messinger. took uo residence on Ridge
Prairie between CoUinsville and Troy John T. Lusk arrived
in the Goshen country in 1805. Joseph Newman, a Pennsylvan-
ian. came to Fort Russell township in 1804. to be followed by
Maj. Isaac H. Ferguson in 1806.

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Reading from left to right: Chuck Norman, General Manager of Radio Station WIGNU,
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Madison County Circuit Clerk Willard Portell.WGNU
newsman Bob Baker and WGNU Account Executive Shirley Adams.

The photo was taken July, 1962 during the Governor' s visit to the ftuad Cities in
connection with the dinner for former President Truman.

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GRANITE CITY

Granite City— Sixty-six years of growth— usually rapid
though sometimes laggard during industrial slumps — has put
Granite City far ahead of all other Madison County cities in pop-
ulation except Alton. In its first 64 years of existence. Granite
City blossomed from a stretch of rich farmland with a handful of
residents in 1896 to a population of 40,073 in 1960. Typical of its
in-a-hurry-to-get-there progress was its gain in the 1950's. The
census in 1950 registered only 29,465 people. A pinnacle of
achievement was reached in 1958 when Granite City was chosen
as an AU-American city.

The community received its name from its principal indus-
try of the time, the manufacture of graniteware. It was laid out
by two far-sighted industrialists, F. G. and William F. Niedring-
haus. Its principal industries as of 1962 are Granite City Steel
Co. and General Steel Industries, Inc. However, within the city,
and in nearby Madison and Venice, and in the surrounding area
are numerous other plants contributing millions of dollars in an-
nual payrolls.

These include Laclede Steel Co., American Steel Foundries,

A. 0. Smith Corp., Dow Metal Products Co., Cargill, Inc., Johns-
Manville Products Corp., National Lead Co., Nesco Steel Barrel
Co., The Nestle Co., Inc., Teilly Tar & Chemical Corp., and Un-
ion Starch & Refining Co.

The Chain of Rocks Canal, which bypasses a navigational
bottleneck in the Mississippi River, was completed in 1952 and
established Granite City as an important river terminal with ac-
cess to the entire inland waterway system and the St. Lawrence
Seaway.

The Granite City Army Depot on the west side of the city
is the largest engineer depot in North America. To the south and
east is Horseshoe Lake, one of Illinois' natural beauty spots
where excellent fishing, boating and duck hunting are available.
The lake area is now in the initial stages of being developed in-
to a state park.

While known primarily as an industrial city. Granite City
is also an important retail trading area and an attractive resi-
dential community. In recent years it has absorbed the former
village of Nameoki and new subdivisions have sprung up stead-
ily to the north and east.

HISTORY OF HADliON COUNTY , ILLINO IS

SOLOMON PRBVITT

In 1806 Martin Preuitt cast his fortune at Sand Ridge
Prairie, about three miles east of Alton. His youngest son,
Solomon, born in 1790, became one of the more distinguished
citizens of the county.

Other very eariy arrivals: William Jones and John Fin-
ley in 1806. at Sand Ridge; Robert Reynolds, father of Gov.
John Reynolds, 1807, three or four miles southwest of Edwards-
ville; Toliver Wright, 1806, near the mouth of Wood River;
John Atkins, 1807. near Mitchell: Thomas Rattan, 1804: George
Bamsback, 1809. Edwardsville: Abel Moore, 1808, in Wood Riv-
er; Joseph Bartlett, 1809. Wood River.

A great many of the pioneers already mentioned and to
be mentioned were veterans of the Revolutionary War.

One of the earliest arrivals, and destined to be one of the
most prominent, was Thomas Kirkpatrick who located along the
banks of Cahokia Creek in the northern part of what was to
become Edwardsville. It was his house that was appointed the
seat of justice of the county in Gov. Edwards's proclamation in
1812.

Bv this time villages or hamlets had been established at
Alton, Upper Alton, Milton (just west of East Alton), Edwards-
ville, and on Wood River (the stream) near the present Alton
State Hospital grounds. Some histories estimate that there were
perhaps 1000 persons in the county when it was organized.

With the end of the war of 1812-14 and the signing of a
peace treaty with the Indian tribes of the Northwest in 1815,
settlements in Madison County increased rapidly. Whereas ear-
lier arrivals chose sites near the Mississippi River and along
Cahokia and Cantine Creeks, a substantial percentage of new-
comers now sought their fortunes in what are our central and
eastern townships.

Maj. Isaac H. Ferguson built the first house ever erected
on Marine prairie in 1813. From then until 1816 came John
Warwick, John Woods, George Newsome, Joseoh and Absolom
Ferguson. Aquilla Dolahide, Abraham Howard, Joshua Dean.

Chester Pain, Thomas Breeze, Richard Winsor, John Camp-
bell, John Giger, Henry Scott, John Lord. James Simmons,
Henr>' Peck, Andrew Matthews Sr., James French, and Abram
Carlock.

Along about this time, there came to Edwardsville the
families of Rowland P. Allen, Elijah Ellison, and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Randle. Some of the residents on the road leading from
Edwardsville to Alton were: John Newman, David Robinson,
Samuel Delaplane, Hiram Pruitt, Ben Wood, John Stout. John
Drum, William Montgomery. William and Isaac Cox. Charles,
John, and James Gillham, James Tunnell, Jonas Bradshaw,
John Springer, Joel Meacham. The road had been located by
Thomas G. Davidson, John Wallace and Abraham Prickett.

James Renfro settled in what is now Collinsville township
in 1811; Jacob Gonterman in Edwardsville in 1816, the Rev.
Thomas Ray, a Baptist minister, in 1818, Alvis Hauskins in
1819, and the Fruit family, John Minter and Mathias Handlon
at about this time.

Arrivals in St. Jacob townshio in 1816 were John Giger,
Gilmore Anderson, William Faires, John Herrin, Nich-
olas Kyle and William Parkinson. First settlements in Foster
township were made about 1816 by Joseph S. Reynolds and
Orman Beeman.

Among those casting their lot with the county in 1818
were Gaius Paddock, from Vermont, to Fort Russell township:
Gershom Flagg, from Vermont, to Fort Russell: David Gilles-
pie, from Ireland and New York to Edwardsville, and Daniel
A. Lanterman, from Kentucky to Fort Russell.

Paddock, a soldier of the Revolution, was to become the
grandfather of another Gaius Paddock who lived to be 100 years
old. His home was on route 112 eight miles north of Edwards-
ville. Flagg, a veteran of the War of 1812, was the father of
State Senator Willard C. Flagg and the grandfather of State
Senator Norman G. Flagg. His home was half a mile south of
the Paddock's.

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Mr. Lesley M. Marks - Chairman

Mrs. Maitland A. Timtnermiere - Secretary

Miss Mary Kreutzberg - Asst. Secy.

Mr. Irving Dill iard

Mr. Edward A. Kane

Mr. Edwin G. Gerl ing

Mr. Wilbur Meyer

Mr. A.H. Paul i

Miss Eulal ia Hotz
Mr. Gus Hal ler
Mr. Lesl ie Prehn
Mr. Wilbur R.L. Trimpe
Mr. Alfred Y, Armstead

Mr. Willard Flagg

subcomm;

HEADQUARTERS Miss Evelyn Bowles

TREASURER Mr. Leo M. Dustmann

INSURANCE Mr. Wilbur Meyer

FIREWORKS Mr. Arthur Flannery

OPERATING CAPITAL Mr. Lyle Willard

DECORATIONS Mr. Albert H. Paul i

REVENUE Mr. Burton C. Bernard

PARTICIPATION

DIVISION Mr. Harley Fultz

SPECTACLE

DIVISION Miss Dorothy Colonius

SPECTACLE TICKET

DIVISION Dorothy Fink

PUBLICITY DIVISION. ...Mr. Myron Bishop

HOSPITALITY Col. Ralph B. Jackson

SPECIAL EVENTS Dr. John E. Lee

Chairman

Mr. James Chapman

Co>Chairinan

HISTORICAL

PROGRAM Mr. Willard G. Flagg

Mr. James S. Flagg
BROTHERS OF

THE BRUSH Mr. Lesley Marks

TICKETS Mr. Claxton Burroughs

ADVANCE SALE Mrs. Walter Kubant

COSTUME AND MAKE UP-. Little Theater,

Inc. of Alton

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SCENARIO AND TITLE .. Mr. Edward A. Kane

PRESS RELEASES Mrs. Louis A. Bower

RADIO AND TV Mr. Al 1 en R iehl

DIGNITARIES AND

GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Butler

CONCESSIONS Mr. I. W. Van Haaften

CELEBRATION BALL ....Mrs. Austin Lewis
PATRONS TICKETS ....Mrs. Fred Habbegger
CASHIER AND G AT ES ... .Mr. Robert Coul tas

PROPERTIES Mr. Robert Stonum

Chairman

Mr. Robert Nash

Co-Cha i rman

CONSTRUCTION Mr. Melvin Suhre

SPEAKERS Mr. Herbert W. Loeh

TRAFFIC AND

SAFETY Police Chief Jack Hartung

HOSPITALITY C EN T ER . .Mrs. Wi 1 1 ard G. Flagg

PARADE Mrs. Arthur Flannery

MUSIC Mr. Franklin C. Kreider

Chairman

Miss Mlldered Smith

Co-Chairman

AUDIENCE AREA Mr. Ben Isselhardt

GROUNDS Mr.Albert H. Paul!

Mr. Edward Kane,

HISTORY OF HADISOH COUHTY , ILLIHOtS

Gillespie's two sons, Matthew and Joseph, helped organ-
ize the Republican party in Illinois. Lanterman once recalled
that there were only two stores in EdwardsvLlle in December,
1818. In lower Alton in 1822. he said, only three men and no
women resided. „ ,, ,

Early arrivals in Hamel township wt.-e Henry Keley, and
Robert and Anson Aldrich. in the winter of 1817-18. In 1816,
Archibald Coulter and James East settled in Saline township.
Some seven years later in Silver Creek bottom in Saline town-
ship, a salt lick attracted deer and cattle William Biggs, a
Kentuckian, undertook to bore for salt. He struck solid rock

at 30 feet, and continued the shaft to a distance of 440 feet
when salt water began to flow. Into the shaft he set the trunk
of a hollow sycamore tree, cemented to the rock. The experi-
ment was expensive and ended in failure.

William Hinch, a pioneer from Kentucky, was the first
white settler in Alhambra township, arriving in 1817 and build-
ing a cabin a short distance north and east of Silver Creek.
James Pearce, in 1818, removed from Edwardsville township
where he had settled 3 years earlier, and made the first settle-
ment in Leef township.

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Edwardsville — Third oldest city in the state and county
seat of Madison County is the community named for Ninian
Edwards, the territorial governor of Illinois when the county
was established. It was here that the cabin home of pioneer
Thomas Kirkpatrick was designated by Gov. Edwards as the
seat of justice. It has been that — and much more — ever since.

Date of EdwardviUe's incorporation is listed as Feb. 23,
1819. The only two cities in the state having earlier incorpora-
tion dates are Shawneetown (1814) and Cairo (1818).

Edwardsville is proud of its heritage and rightfully so.
Family after family living there today can look back from 100
to 150 years and find the records of their ancestors as early set-
tlers in the county and indeed, in many cases, the township.
These descendants, many of whom command prominent posi-
tions in the professions, business and industry, are too numerous
to mention in this limited account. They, with the thousands who
have followed, have welded the city into a solid community.
Through good times and bad the city has retained its gracious-
ness, its dignity and its character as the hub of Madison County.

Like most municipalities, EdwardsvUle for the greater part
of its existence has depended upon outlying agriculture for much
of its well-being. This is stUl true to a degree. However, the
makeup of the city has experienced some changes. Late in the
last century, for instance, the N. O. Nelson plumbing equipment
firm was established there and its payrolls totaled millions over
the years. Likewise, the radiator industry helped bolster the Ed-
wardsville economy over a lengthy period. Later came the Wag-
ner Electric Co., some nearby coal mines and various small in-
dustries.

Most of them are gone now, but prosperous Edwardsville
keeps rolling along, gaining slowly but steadily in population.

From 8,776 residents in 1950 the city grew to an official 9,996 in
1960 and is stiU expanding. Subdivisions have sprouted up adja-
cent to beautiful, tree-lined St. Louis street, on the southern edge
of the city and around picturesque Dunlap Lake.

The city has pushed over its borders in just about every
direction because something new, besides industry and agricul-
ture, has come into the picture — the commuter. Every day hun-
dreds of Edwardsville residents go to work in other cities — in
Wood River, Roxana, Granite City, St. Louis. This has devel-
oped gradually in the last 30 to 40 years because newcomers
recognize Edwardsville as a good place to live and rear their
families. They can earn their livelihoods in an industrial area
within 20 mUes and still live in a quiet, well-regulated commu-
nity.

The city is the home of the Madison County Farm Bureau,
organized there in 1918, and now occupying a new building on
Hillsboro avenue. Hundreds of retired farmers find Edwardsville
an ideal place in which to live.

One of the main sparks in the city's life is politics. As the
county seat, Edwardsville is the center of more than the average
share of political gatherings, the home of a great many lawyers.

Soon it wiU be known as a college center. Southern Illinois
University is in the process of setting up a campus just a few
miles southwest of the city to replace the branches now serving
temporarily in East St. Louis and in the buildings of old Shurt-
leff College at Alton. Construction has been started for an ex-
penditure of $25,000,000 on the 2600-acre campus near Edwards-
ville. Facilities will be provided for 5000 students by 1964-5. Pre-
dicted enrollment is 18,000 students by 1970.

It requires little imagination to realize what the university
will mean to EdwardsviUe's progress and prosperity in the years
to come.

• FOR PROBATE JUDGE
Austin Lewis

{•FOR PROBATE CLERK
Dale Hilt

^)^J«FOR COUNTY TREASURER
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i»FOR SHERIFF

Barney Fraundorf

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COUNTY RECORDER*
James F. Chapman

COUNTY AUDITOR*
John L.Kraynak

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT*
OF SCHOOLS

Wilbur R.L.Trlmpe

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Many of the building landmarks in the area, such as Edwardsville High School, include work
done by the Ladd company.

Founded bv A. H. Ladd. father of the present owner, in 1906 as a one-man lathing and plastering
Easiness, it now provides employment. for .;5 persons. The company has expanded its services to
include concrete construction, ceramic tile and acoustical treatments.

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HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOI S

First to arrive in Omphghent township was David Swett.
who in the fall of 1820 built a cabin near the site of the old
Omph Ghent church. He was the first justice of peace in the
township. In Olive township. James Street was one of the early
settlers but in a short time moved away Isham Nincent lived
three years in Trov, then in 1820 set up a horse-mdl in the
northern part of the county. His house was the early voting
place of Silver Creek precinct.

New Douglas townships earliest settler is believed to have
been Daniel Funderburk, who was bom in South Carolina and
arrived here in 1819.

GOVEKNOK EDWARD COLES

Governors From Our County — Norton's Centennial His-
tory of Madison County (1912) points out that six governors of
lUiriois have, at one time or another, lived in Madison county.
Only one of them, Edward Coles of Edwards ville, was a resident
when elected in 1822.

Gov. Ninian Edwards lived in Edwardsville from 1818
to 1825, when he moved to BellevUle and was a resident of that
city when elected governor in 1826.

Thomas Ford was a resident of Edwardsville for several
years and married there, but when elected governor in 1842,
resided in Ogle County. John Reynolds resided in Madison County
from 1807 to 1815, and when elected governor in 1830 was a resi-
dent of St. Clair County. John M. Palmer lived in Madison
County, at Upper Alton, when a youth and a young man, but
when elected governor in 1868 was a resident of Springfield.

Although Charles S. Deneen was born in Edwardsville,
he was brought up in St. Clair county. When a young man he
taught at Godfrey. When elected governor in 1904 and 1908, he
was a resident of Chicago.

County Government— A Court of Common Pleas as pro-
vided by Illinois territorial laws was Madison County's first of
seven forms of government. Three of these forms were in op-
eration during the six-year period from creation of the county
until Illinois was admitted as a state on Dec. 2, 1818.

The second form was a county court and it was followed
by a system which placed affairs in hands of the justices of the
peace. When Illinois was admitted as a state, the affairs passed
to control of three commissioners. They served until 1849 when
a county court was again established. The court functioned until
Jan 24, 1874. when a new law provided for three commission-

ers They' had charge for a little more than two years.

Voters of the county authorized township organization in
November, 1875, and the Board of Supervisors has had charge
since April, 1876. At this writing, in 1962, Gus Haller of Wood
River township has recently been elected chairman of the Madi-
son County Board for the 30th time.

GUS HALLER

Mr Haller, long active in preserving the history of Madi-
son County and in establishing the county's historical museum
in the courthouse, was elected to the board for the first time
in 1913 He served until 1949, except for two terms, serving 31
vears as supervisor. He was then elected assistant supervisor.
His tenure as chairman of the board is a recorc in Illinois and
probably in the nation. , . . ■ ,dit

Madison County's first courthouse was completed in 1B17
and cost $437.50. Of that amount, Thomas Kirkpatnck donated
$100 The second was opened in 1835 after $1500 cash had been
raised and about $2500 worth of brick and other materials do-
nated Twenty-two years later, in 1857. the third courthouse was
completed at a cost of $34,846. It was on the site of the present
courthouse which was dedicated Oct. 18. 1915. Cost of this struc-
ture including furnishings and furniture, total about $291.(m

' County government now comes under the heading of big
business. The 1960 federal census gave the county a population
of 224 689 It is the fifth largest in the state, being exceeded
only by Cook. DuPage. Lake and St. Clair counties.

Partly because Countv government is big business and
partly because an antiquated constitution must be observed,
many voices are being heard these days for various changes m
our type of government.

State's Attorney Dick H. Mudge. Jr.. a member of an
old Madison County family, is advocating a complete reorgan-
ization of county government He and Sheriff George Musso
are the chief enforcement officers of the county.

At the present- time. Madison County is proud to have
George T Wilkens. an Edwardsville resident, serving as State
Superintendent of Public Instruction He was appointed County
Superintendent of Schools in 1948 to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Leonard P Wetzel During his eleven years as
County Superintendent of Schools he was instrumental m re
organizing the school system of the County from 135 school
districts into the present 15 efficient and progressive Com-
munity units and consolidated districts- Continuing in the
same high type of school administration is the present coun-
ty Superintendent Wilbur R L- Trimpe

Simon Kellerman was chosen Circuit Clerk and served
for more than 30 years in that capacity until his death tn

April 1960 ^ ,

A major change being advocated in a multitude of quar-
ters is the substitution of a state income tax for at least part of
the real estate tax. This reform already is being discused se
riously in the state legislature by lawmakers who believe that
the old system of property taxation has long been outdated.

The Edwardsville Creamery Company was founded in 1927 by Martin
Jensen. The creamery has been located at the same address since
the beginning of the company. It started producing Butter and
Mi)k powder and later expanded Its operations to bottled Grade
A Milk and other dairy products. The incumbent president is C.W.
Fruit.

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Politics — From the horse and buggy days when hand-
shaking at church suppers was the principal medium of reaching
the voters, to the present era of expensive television speeches,
politics have come a long way in Madison County. Whether
their direction is a wholesome one leading to better government
is a matter of opinion.

As of now and for many years, voter apathy has been
the main obstacle of candidates of both major parties. Voters
turn out pretty well for presidential elections, not so well for
countv and legislative elections, and poorly for school board
and judicial elections.

Complexities of life in the space age seem to dilute the
interest in at least some of their forms of government. There
is simoly too much to do. The trip to the polls often is one of
those do-itifyouhave-time chores.

Mass or bloc voting has. in the past several decades, be-
come an evil or a blessing, depending upon the point of view.
The growth of labor, farm, business and even racial organiza-
tions has resulted in throwing of masses of votes for or against
a certain individual or issue. The precinct organization of both
the Democratic and Republican parties also lends itself to bloc
voting. A lot of citizens vote the way their precinct commit-
teeman asks them to.

There seems to have been a trend in recent years, how-
ever, to more discernment, more independent judgment, by the
voters. Some vote for the candidate, some for an issue. Taken
as a lot. the voters can at times be pretty fickle. At any rate,
veteran politicians have long since learned to brush off over-con-

fidence. They know it's safer to "run scared."

The political pendulum has swung back and forth from
the Democrats to the Republicans many times over the years.
The Democrats control the courthouse now and have for a long
time. With the exception of circuit judges, the Republicans have
not elected a courthouse candidate since 1946. That was the
vear the G.O.P. elected Dallas Harrcll as sheriff. George Am-
brosius as countv treasurer, and Joseph Hcaley as probate clerk.

In the 1920s the Republicans were usually in control and
in 1930 and 1932 the Democrats came back. From then until the
1940s, the Republicans achieved several breakthroughs but not
nearly as often as during the first few decades of the Twentieth
century.

In recent years, such able vote-getters as Congressman
Melvin D. Price of East St. Louis, the county clerk, Miss Eul-
alia Hotz. and County Judge Michael Kinney, have carried the
Democratic ticket to shutout victories over their ooponents.

While Madison County in the past often had a Republican
state senator and two Republican state representatives out of
three, the situation is iust the opnositc now. There are three
Democrats in our legislative delegation — Senator James 0.
Monroe of Collinsville. and Representative Lloyd (Curley)
Harris of Granite City and Representative Paul Simon of Troy;
and one Republican. Representative Ralph T Smith of Alton.

There are also two Democrats on the circuit bench—
Judees Joseph Barr of Wood River and James O. Monroe Jr., of
Collinsville, and one Republican, Judge Harold R. Clark of
Alton.

THE GILLHAMINOIAN STORY

RYDERVS CLARK GILLHAM Jr. SHOWN WITH
GRANDSON W.C. GILLHAM OF BENTON. KY.

One of the most fascinating, vet tragic sagas of pioneer
davs concerns the kidnaping of a Gillham family by Kickaooo
Indians in June 1790 in Kentucky and their forced migration
[Pto jU.inois. Numerous versions of the crime have been pub-
bshed in the past but none were quite complete or correct ac-
cordmg to a direct descendant. Mrs. Royal O. Helgevold of
Chicago It IS to Mrs. Helgevold and her cousin. Willard Clark
Gillham of Benton. Ky., that credit must go for numerous fresh
facets in the following account.

On this day in 1790 James Gillham and one of his sons,
Isaac, were plowing corn on their farm in Kentucky. At their
home a considerable distance away, meanwhile, a party of
Indians captured James Gillham's wife and their three other

children, Samuel, Jacob and Nancy. Mrs. Gillham was pregnant
with her fifth child.

The mother and three children were hurried off in the
direction of Kickapoo town, apparently near the headwaters
of the Sangamon River in Illinois. The Indians, with their cap-
tives, avoided settlements and in their anxiety to escape pur-
suit they pushed forward without rest or food. The children's
feet became sore and bruised, and the mother tore her clothing
to get rags in which to wrap them.

The Indians had a small quantity of venison with them
and they gave that to the children but neither the Indians nor
the mother had anything to eat until one day when they caught
a racoon and cooked it.

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HISTORY OF l*ADl$OH COUHTY , ILLINOIS

THE GILLHAM-INDIAN STORY

(CONTINUED)

Rafts were built to cross the Ohio River into Indiana,
and once this was done, the Indians were more relaxed. They
marched slower and obtained more food. They crossed the Wa-
bash River below Terre Haute and proceeded through the pres-
ent Illinois counties of Clark, Coles and Macon, finally reaching
the Indian town on Salt Creek about 20 miles east of north
from the present city of Springfield. ^.^ . . »

Contrary to some accounts, the Indians did not mistreat
Mrs. Giliham or the children, although of course Mrs. Gillham
was terribly frightened. . j . . u i

On the long trek, one Indian is reported to have broken
his leg Mrs. Gillham tore up her pettiskirts to splint his leg.

The Indians, aware that Mrs. Gillham was an expectant
mother wanted to know whether the baby would have brown
eyes. She assured them that the baby would. The Indians wanted
to keep the baby, and it is reported that they did.

But that is getting ahead of the story. In the Indian camp,
Mrs Ann Barnett Gillham lived with the Indian women until
the baby came, and the boys and girl were put out m other
groups or families. However, she was allowed to have Samuel,
the eldest, with her from time to time.

The baby was reported given to an Indian woman who
had lost a baby. Later, it either became ill or for some other
reason was returned to the camp where Mrs. Gillham and Sam-
uel lived. . ,., ... J

Then suddenly the Indians became warlike and started
to pile up a huge mass of sticks and logs. There seemed to be
a powwow afoot. Mrs. Gillham was afraid she and her children
were to be killed. . , .•

Fearing that the baby would cry and awaken the Indians
when she escaped, Mrs. Gillham made as difficult a decision as
any mother could be called on to make. She decided to leave
the baby behind to save the rest of her family.

Accordingly, Mrs. Gillham and Samuel stole away in the
darkness and ran the rest of the night. When dawn neared they
climbed to the top of a leafy tree and hid all day. About mid-
morning the Indians and a dog came looking for them but
didn't see or scent them. That evening the Indians came back
silent and angry, but didn't detect them.

Later that night, Mrs. Gillham and Samuel resumed
their trek through the wilderness, west and south, they thought.
At predawn, when they were still afraid and wondering what
to do, they came upon a beautiful big horse. Strange as it may
seem, the horse allowed them to approach it. Mrs. Gillham
made a rope of some sort out of a vine, put it around the
horse's neck, and she and Samuel rode to a nearby settlement.
There a white woman offered the strangers all she could in
the way of hospitality.

Getting back to Mrs. Gillham's husband and son Isaac,
when they returned home from the field all was confusion.
Feathers from the beds were scattered over the yard and mother
and other children were gone. It was obvious that they had
been taken prisoners by the Indians.

Mr. Gillham lost no time starting a search. The Indian
trail was plain at first, then lost. Gillham was obliged to aban-
don the hunt for a time but still retained hope of finding
his family. He sold his effects in Kentucky and visited Vincennes
and Kaskaskia, with the hope of enlisting the aid of French
traders. The start of hostilities between whites and Indians
made his task almost hopeless.

After five years of disappointment he learned from some
of the French traders that his family was with the Kickapoos.
With two Frenchmen as interpreters and guides he visited the
Indian town on Salt Creek, and gradually found all members
of his family alive and well.

It developed that the husband of the woman who took in
Mrs. Gillham and Samuel after their escape from the Indians
had heard earlier of the kidnaping. His first thought was ran-
som. Ultimately, it is said James Gillham had to pay about
$8000 for the return of his three children. Interest rates were 10
to 12 per cent at the time, and the payment left the family
in financial straits for years.

After he was ransomed, the younger boy, Jacob, kept re-
turning to the summer camps of the Indians for many years
for two reasons: his love of Indian life, and to see the baby.

James Gillham is said to have taken a month or so to
return to Kentucky to raise the money for the ransom. His
wife and Samuel were the first to be recovered, then Nancy,
then Jacob. The baby apparently never was recovered.

James Gillham died in 1812 or 1813, possibly as a result of
a wound in the war of 1812. His widow was given a tract of
land in Chouteau township by the U. S. Government because of
her trials and tribulations. liu

THE WOOD RIVER MASSACRE

What was perhaps the largest mass killing by Indians
within the borders of Madison County occurred July 10. 1814,
when a woman and six children were slain as they walked on
a road or trail a short distance northeast of Wood River. The
victims, Mrs. Reason Reagan and her two children, two chil-
dren of the Abel Moores and two children of the William
Moores, are buried in what is now known as Vaughn Cemetery
on Route 111 south of Civic Memorial Airport.

The cruel atrocity was committed on a Sunday afternoon
when Mr. Reagan was in church, having left his family at the
home of Abel Moore a mile away. For some unknown reason,
Mrs. Reagan decided to return to her home briefly and was
planning to come back to the Moore's before her husband ar-
rived from church. The six children accompanied her on the
walk from which they were never to return.

At dusk, uneasiness was felt for the failure of the party
to return and soon a search was started.

William Moore was the first to come upon a body but in
his haste in the darkness he was unable to identify it. Mean-
while, Mrs. William Moore, traveling a different route on horse-
back, saw a human figure lying near a log. She alighted and
found the body of Mrs. Reagan, who had been scalped. Near
the body was Mrs. Reagan's fatally injured son who was able to
tell Mrs. Moore that, "The black man raised his axe and cut
them again." The boy died the next day.

Subsequently all seven victims were found and in the
meantime the alarm had been rushed to Fort Russell. Quickly
Gen. Whiteside organized a group to hunt down the Indians.
Among those taking part in the search were James and Abra-
ham Preuitt, James Stockden, William Montgomery, Peter Wag-
oner and others, some of whose descendants now live in the
Moro, Bethalto and Wood River areas.

On the evening of the second day part of the posse came
upon the Indian trail at a point near the present city of Virden,
south of Springfield. The Indians scattered into different direc-
tions and so did the posse. James Preuitt, having the fastest
horse, soon sighted one Indian. He rode to within 30 yards of
him and shot him in the thigh. The Indian fell but managed to
get to a tree top that was blown down. Abraham Preuitt soon
came up and finished him off. In the Indian's pouch was the
scalp of Mrs. Reagan. The Indian raised his gun but was too
weak to fire.

The other Indians hid in the woods and in a drift in the
creek. It was ascertained later that the only Indian who escaped
was the chief, ttai

LEGEND OF THE PIASA BIRD

Few white men believe the story of the Piasa bird but the
saga has been preserved and deserves a place in the fascinating
annals of Madison County. Thousands of persons cruising on the
Mississippi River above Alton have seen the painting of the bird
on the bluff. What they see is a reproduction of an earlier figure
allegedly painted on the bluff by the lUini Indians. The original
remained on the cliff until 1857 when it was quarried away to get
rock for ballast for the Chicago and Alton (now Gulf, Mobile &
Ohio) railroad. The figure of the bird-beast was 25 feet wide
and 11 feet high.

It was this same tribe of niini Indians that handed down
the legend of the Piasa bird which they said existed perhaps 300
or 350 years ago. It is now described as having the wings of an
airplane, a scaled body, the head of a moose, and talons of an
eagle — only much larger.

The creature is said to have lived in a cave near Grafton.
It would fly out of its home each morning and come screaming
down the Mississippi River looking for prey. Frequently it would
find an Indian man or woman, grasp it in its huge claws and
take it back to the cave for a meal.

This sometimes happened several times a day and,
quiet understandably, as the sudden death rate in the Illini
tribe rose higher and higher, the morale of the tribe became
lower.

The Illini tribe's Chief Ouatoga, being a man of action,
decided to lose no time in halting these tragedies. He communi-
cated with the Great Spirit who told him that the arrows of his
braves would pierce the scaled body of the Piasa bird. Accord-
ingly, he called in his braves and told them of his plan to de-
coy the bird down close enough to kill it.

Chief Ouatoga volunteered to serve as the decoy while the
braves stood by with bows and arrows that had killed buffalo.

On the chosen day Chief Ouatoga, carrying a red blanket.

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Feb. 5. 1945 William L. Waters

Jan.l, 1951 Joseph H.Ladd

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LEGEND OF THE PIASA BIRO

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THE PIASA BIRD

ascended to the too of a cliff to await the arrival of the bird-
beast. Meanwhile, before dawn, the braves with their bows and
arrows hid in grass and shrubbery near the chief to be ready for
the kill ^. ^ .. u u J

As dawn broke, the screams of the Piasa bird could be heard
up the river. Chief Ouatoga stood out in plain sight as the bird
flew in to look for its breakfast. With screams and roars the
great bird circled around and, setting its great wings, made

ready to grasp the Indian in its talons. The chief stood un-
moved, determined to demonstrate to his men how brave an II-
lini could be in the face of danger.

The Piasa bird came closer and was iust dropping its tal-
ons to grasD the old chief when 100 poisoned arrows sped toward
the bird. Most of them cut through the scaly armor. With a
screech, the bird rolled down the bluff and fell into the watiers
of the Mississippi. ^^^

CAHOKtA MOUNO

CAHOKIA OR " MONK'S HOUND, " MADISON CO. .ILL.

A phenomenon which might challenge some of the Seven
Wonders of the World is scattered near Cahokia Creek along
the Madison-St. Clair County line west of CoUinsville. There,
rising above the great American Bottom's horse radish, sweet
com and wheat fields are Cahokia or 'Monk's" Mound and 60 or
70 "satellites" or smaller mounds.

It has never been established who built the mounds. Some
historians think the Indians did. Others point out that most
Indians took a dim view of manual labor, which is something
that construction of the mounds took a lot of. In 1807 the Monks
of LaTrappe made their home on Cahokia Mound and remained
there until about 1816 when they returned to France. To them

is attributed the discovery of coal in the neighboring bluffs.

Cahokia Mound, 998 feet from north to south, 721 from
east to west and 99 feet high, is said to cover more ground than
any pyramid of Egypt and with the exception of Cholula is the
largest in the world.

The scores of mounds surrounding Cahokia Mound have
been embraced, for the most part, in a state park to preserve
them. A state museum at the foot of the big mound houses hun-
dreds of relics and trinkets unearthed over the years from In
dian burials, ancient homes and villages. Many of the smaller
mounds have yielded to the plow and after years of cultiva-
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as distributors of petroleum products.

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L.P. Gas and in 1962 acquired grain elevators.

The first president of the company was Herman W. Sievers , who served as president until

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its shareholders amounted to $1,756,000.

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This house, no« over 60 years old, was
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Since 1921, First Federal has grown in size until it is
now one of Edwardsville' s leading financial institutions
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HISTORY OF »ADl$OH COUNTY, ILLIHOIS

THE LOVEJOY RIOT

TUB not ATTACKING TBE WASEHOVSE OF GODFREY CILMAN * CO. ALTON. ILL. ON THE NIGHT OF THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER 1837.
AT TBB TIME LOVEJOY WAS MURDERED AND HIS PRESS DESTROYED.

second and third presses were destroyed before he acquired the
press that was to be seized at the time of his murder.

The fourth press had just arrived by boat the night of

The killing of Elijah Parrish Lovejoy by a pro-slavery mob
the night of Nov. 7, 1837, in Alton is one of the more tragic ep-
isodes of Madison Countj- histor>'. Historians agree that it ad-
vanced the anti-slavery movement by many years and that it
also dealt a severe blow to the prestige of Alton.

W. T. Norton's "Centennial History of Madison County"
states: "Not only did immigration to Alton cease as a sequence
to the riot, but many men who had settled there who had anti-
slavery views, or who foresaw a shadowed future for the city,
sought new homes. Many, especially business and professional
men, moved to Chicago or St. Louis. Not for nearly two genera-
tions did the city rally from the blow."

Lovejoy, bom in Maine in 1802, taught school in St. Louis
several years and then became editor of the St. Louis Times. In
a revival of religion in St. Louis in 1832 he became converted
and entered Princeton Theological Seminarv. He returned to
St. Louis and became editor of the St. Louis Observer.

His extreme views regarding slavery and other topics of
the time incited much enmity and before long a mob had de-
stroyed his office in St. Louis. Lovejoy thereupon decided to
move to Alton, having acquired a second press to replace one
destroved on the St. liuis waterfront.

his editorials in the newly-created Alton Observer stirred
up certath elements of the population to such an extent that the

Nov. 6, 1837, when events began to move rapidly. The press was
guarded successfully the first night it arrived, and on the sec-
ond night it was believed safe to the extent that most of the
guard left the Observer building at 9 p.m. Soon thereafter a
mob began gathering and the 20 or so men remaining in the
building, including Lovejoj-, were trapped.

Some time after the mob gathered, a ladder was raised to
the roof. A man ascended the ladder with material to bum the
building. When volunteers inside the building were called to
shoot the man off the ladder, Lovejoy. Amos B. Roff and Royal
Weller stepoed out of the building. As they emereed, Lovejoy
was struck by five shots, walked back into the building, and fell
dead. The other two men were seriously wounded.

In 1896-7, a stately monument in memory of the martyr
was erected in Alton b>- the state and the citizens of Alton.

Norton's history gives the names of the other men in the
Loveiov building that night as: William Haraed. James Morse
Jr., John S. Noble. Edward Breath, George H. Walworth, J.. C.
Woods. George H. Whitney. Reuben Gerry, W. S. Gilman, Enoch
Long, George T. Brown, Samuel J. Thompson. D. F Randall.
H. D. Davis. D Burt Loomis, Thadeus B. Hurlburt, and Henry
Tanner.

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE

One of the cherished events of Madison County history
occurred on Oct. 15, 1858 when Abraham Lincoln and Stephen
A. Douglas staged their seventh and final debate at the site of
the old citv hall on Alton's riverfront. Obser\-ers at the time
estimated the crowd at 10,000— in a city of 3000. From all direc-
tions the>' came, by boat, wagon, horseback, buggy, and many
on foot. The downtown area was crowded for hours prior to the
historic debate.

The contest was for the United States Senate. Douglas, •

Democrat, had been nominated for re-election and the Republi-
cans had nominated Lincoln as his opponent. Douglas won, not
by a vote of the people but by election by the senators and rep-
resentatives of the state assembly some weeks after the debate.
In our jet age it is difficult to retain an audience's atten-
tion for as long as half an hour. The Lincoln-Douglas debate at
Alton consumed three hours. First, Douglas spoke an hour, then
Lincoln for an hour and a half, tnd then Douglas was allowed
90 minutes for his rejoinder. «~n

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velopment of Madison County , providing employment and service to a large
percentage of the lumber trade In the area.
» of the oldest firms In the county. It was founded In 1867 under the name of
3lze Lumber Company at Bethalto. In 1874 Mr. John Stolze moved his business to
•s present location, 225 E.Vandalla Street . EdwardsvlUe. The facilities at this
cation now house a retail warehouse and hardware store supplying building ma-
rlals, hardware, plumbing and electrical supplies. The greatly expanded corpo-
tlon also Includes operations In two other area cities.

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THIS IS THE OLDEST BRICK HOUSE IN •LOWERTDWH',
AS THE FIRST SETTLEMENT ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET WAS
CALLED. IT IS NOW OCCUPIED BY RUSTY'S. IT WAS BUILT
IN 1819 AS A STORE AKO FOR A TRADING POST FOR THE
POGUE BROTHERS, ROBERT AND GEORGE, WHO CAME FROM PHI-
LADELPHIA VERY EARLY IN E D WAR D SV I L L E • S HISTORY TO
TRADE WITH THE INDIANS.

LATER THE FIRST POST OFFICE AND THE EDWARDSVIL-
LE LAND OFFICE WAS HOUSED IN TWO ROOMS OFTHIS BUIL-
DING.

ABOVE IS A SKETCH BY THE ARCH I T ECT , J ACK A.GOCKEL
OF FLIPPO *«l) GOCKEL ARCHITECTS, ALTON AND STAUNTON,
ILL. OF THE REMODELING AND ADDITION TO RUSTY'S.

THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS WILL BE REDWOOD PLYWOOD,
BATTEN STRIPS, AND STUCCO ON PAINTED BLOCK.

THE NEW ADDITION WHICH CONTAINS A LARGE KITCHEN
AND DINIHG ROOM IS INTENDED TO BETTER HANDLE THEGROW-
IHG BUSINESS AT RUSTY'S.

CONTRACTORS OH THE JOB ARE:MEL SUHRE, GEORGE GENT,
CENTRAL ELECTRIC AND CITY REFRIGERATION.

HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY . ILLINOI S

JIG TIME

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All was not drudgery for the early settlers of Madison
County. They managed to exist without creme de menthe and
daiquiris and cha-chas, jitterbug music and even fox trots. But
they did have whisky to drink and danced to jigs and reels
played by passable violinists.

This condensed account of "shucking" from "Reynolds'
Pioneer History of Illinois" gives an insight into the social cus-
toms of the times:

"The crops of com were never husked on the stalk . . .
but hauled home in the husk and thrown in a heap . . . The
whole neighborhood was invited to the shucking, as it was
called. The girls and many of the married ladies generally en-
gaged in this amusing work. Two leading expert buskers were
chosen as captains, and the heap of com divided as nearly
equally as possible . . . Each captain chose, alternately, his
corps of buskers, male and female . . . Then each party com-
menced a contest to beat the other, which was in many cases
truly exciting.

"One rule was that whenever a male husked a red ear of
com, he was entitled to a kiss from the girls. This frequently ex-
cited much fuss and scuffling, which was intended by both par-
ties to end in a kiss. It was a universal practice that taffia or
Monongahela whisky was used at these husking frolics. It was
drunk out of a bottle, each couple drinking out of it and handing
it to a neighbor, without using any glass or cup whatever.

"Almost always these shuckings ended in a dance. To
prepare for this amusement, fiddles and fiddlers were in great
demand, and it often required much fast riding to obtain them.
One violin and a performer were all that was contemplated at
these innocent rural games. Towards dark, and the supper
half over, then it was that the bustle and confusion commenced.

"When the fiddler began tuning his instrument, dishes,
victuals, tables and all disappeared in a few minutes, the room
was cleared and the floor swept off ready for action. The music
at these country dances made the young folks almost frantic,
and sometimes much excitement was displayed to get on the
floor first ... In those days they danced jigs and four-handed
reels, as they were called. Sometimes three-handed reels were
also danced. In these dances there was no standing still; all
were moving at a rapid pace from beginning to end. In the jigs
the bystanders cut one another out . . . Sometimes the parties
in a jig tried to tire one another down in the dance, and it would
last a long time before one or the other gave up. The cotillion
or stand-stiU dances were not then known.

"The bottle went around at these parties as it did at the
shuckings, and male and female took a dram of it as it was
passed around. No sitting was indulged in, and the folks either
stood or danced all night, as generally daylight ended the frolic.
The dress of these hardy pioneers was generally plain home-
spun. The hunting shirt was much worn at that time . . . Some-
times dressed deerskin pantaloons were used on these occasions,
and mocassins — rarely shoes — and at times bare feet were in-
dulged in. In the morning aU went home on horseback or foot.
No carriages, wagons or other vehicles were used on these
occasions, for the best of reasons, because they had none."

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IT HAPPENED IN HIGHLAND

Seventyseven Years Ago!

In 1885, a group of Madison County farmers and businessmen founded a tiny company
in Highland, 111 inois to produce a new kind of product. On June 14,1885, the world's
first evaporated milk, condensery was opened and the first can of evaporated milk was
produced on June 18,1885.

From that beginning-seventy-seven years ago- in Madison County-has grown a gigantic
industry, with literally billions of cans of evaporated milk sold throughout the world
each year.

And Helvetia Milk Condensing Conpany has become Pet Milk Company. ..one of America's
leading food conpanies. For, in addition to the evaporated milk which made it famous.
Pet Milk Company now produces and markets Pet Instant Nonfat Dry Milk, Pet-Ritz and
Swiss Miss Frozen Pies.Sego Liquid Diet Food, Muss el man's applesauce and other fruit
product s,Funsten nuts, Laura Scudder's potato chips and snack foods in the U.S.A,-
several additional products in Canada-and conducts a large fresh dairy products bu-
siness in the southeastern states.

But this is our birthplace. It all started. here seventy-seven years ago.

PET MILK COMPANY

Founded in Highland, 111 inois in 1885

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AN ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF HIGHLAND IN 1838.

Highland— The sobd, thrifty hub of southeastern Madison
County is the city of Highland, 4,943 strong in its 1960 census. Its
growth since the town was founded in 1837 has been steady rath-
er than spectacular. A large percentage of the residents are de-
scendants of early Swiss and German settlers, noted for their
economy and for being allergic to debts, be they private or mu-
nicipal.

Aside from being surrounded by a rich dairying and other-
wise prosperous farms. Highland m recent years has bolstered
its economy by diversified industry. Largest at this writing is the
Basler Electric Co., maker of motors and other electronic equip-
ment, and the Highland Supply Corp., makers of cellophane,
floral foil, Easter grass, aluminum foil Christmas trees, and re-
lated products. Highland Supply occupies the plant of the old Pet
MUk Co., for years a cornerstone of Highland's economy. It also
uses for storage the building which once served as the Highland
brewery.

Other important industries include the Wick Pipe Organ
Co., which dates back to 1908, and the Highland Embroidery
Works, founded in 1881 by John Rush of Switzerland and sound-

ly established in 1883 by J. J. Spindler, president.

To the outsider, Highland is most famous for its county
fair. This is an institution in the city, begun shortly before the
dawn of the Twentieth century. Highland has been the site of the
fair ever since. Lindendale Park with its colorful swimming pool
is one of the county's more attractive parks.

Progress has come on many fronts. A large addition to St.
Joseph's Hospital was added after World War II. A tremendous
lake is being developed a short distance north of the city to en-
hance the adjacent water supply. Serving the city since 1868 has
been the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line between St. Louis
and New York. Norton's Centennial History of Madison County
has this to say of Highland: "The population is a quiet, indus-
trious class, now numbering 3,000, everybody being busy and
working during the day, steady and regularly as clockwork.
There is not a beggar, and no loafers and idlers are seen on the
streets. . . There are but few families who do not own their own
homes. . . They are also known to be the best taxpayers . ."

"There is not a shack or dilapidated building in town, all
being kept in good order. The streets and alleys are clean."

HISTORY OF yiADlSON COUNTY , ILL INOl S

MAJOR INDUSTRIES

WILLIAM ELIOT SMITH

Owens-Illinois Glass Co.— From a Mississippi River fill
through which Shield's Creek once flowed has risen one of the
giants of Madison County industry, the Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
Through the years it has given employment to thousands with
its millions of dollars in payrolls. It stands as a model of what
perseverence of pioneer industrialists accomplished in the lat-
ter quarter of the Nineteenth century.

Success of this venture was very much in doubt in the
early years. William Eliot Smith, one of the founders, had been
a farmer. Edward Levis, the other founder, had been in the
furniture business. Neither was experienced in glassmaking. Yet,
in 1873, thev bought a small bankrupt glass factory on Belle
street in Alton from a Mr. Hayner. They borrowed a chemistry
book to learn what they could.

Smith had charge of sales and Levis and his seven sons
handled the actual manufacture of bottles. By 1876 the Illinois
Glass Co. was so successful that the founders planned to move
to St. Louis to avail themselves of rail and river transportation
facilities there. Alton, however, arranged to keep the factory
bv providing the present site.

Edward Levis died in 1903 and his seven sons took over

operation of the plant. When Smith died in 1909 the young n -n
assumed complete management.

Meanwhile, in 1903, Michael J Owens invented the first
glassblowing machine in Toledo, O. He and Edward D Libbey
headed the Libbev Glass Co. and the Owens Bottle Machine Co.
there. The Illinois Glass Co. was one of the first to acquire the
automatic glassblowing machine and its expansion thereafter
was evidenced bv the fact that additional plants were added in
Chicago Heights," 111.; Gas City, Ind., and Bridgeton, N. J.

In 1929 the Illinois Glass Co. and the Owens Bottle Co.
merged to form the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. William E. Levis,
grandson of the founder, became the first president of the new
company. Another grandson, Preston Levis, was named to man-
age the Alton plant

The company moved into new markets in the 1930s— milk
bottles, soft drink bottles, glass block and electric insulators.
Later came the formation of plants to manufacture glass fibers,
laboratory and pharmaceutical glassware, television bulks and
other electronic glassware.

Expansion has proceeded since that time, no'.ably with the
purchase of three plants in 1946 and 1947, thus putting the com-
pany into new fields.

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SCHAEFER CLOVER FARM

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HIGHLAND, ILL.

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Parmer raises, paying the Highest Market Price, and

selling to the Consmier at

very small profits/

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Since 1872

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HISTORY OF m/iDISOH COUNTY . ILUNOl S

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporafiorv— Growing with Madi
son Countv since its parent companies were founded in 1892 is
the mammoth Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. From modest be
ginnings these parent firms, combined in 1954. now have annual
sales of aoproximately $600,000,000 and assets of more than $600,
OOO.OOO. The corporation has more than 44.000 emplo.ves in 70-
odd plants and 200 offices throughout the world It has more
than 43.000 stockholders.

Franklin W. Olin started the company that was the an-
cestor of Olin Industries. Inc., in 1892 in one small East Alton
mill and with a handful of employes. .After supplying the Illinois
coal fields with black powder for several years, Olin found that
he needed other outlets for e.xcess production. He turned to the
manufacture of ammunition and in 1898 formed the Western
Cartridge Co.. which became Olin Industries in 1944. When com-
petition prevented him from obtaining the necessary component
parts for ammunition, he was forced to make his own bullets,
shot and wadding, and to fabricate brass for cartridge cases.

In World War I. Olin increased his explosives and metals
manufacturing facilities to meet huge government orders. When
the war was over and he was left with excess facilities, he
turned to making '•tailor-made" brass and other copper alloys,
chiefly in strips, sheets and coils. These products found a ready

market in the growing automobile and electrical appliance
fields

In 1930 Olin purchased the historic Winchester Repeating
Arms Co., and this cemented the comoany's position in the small
arms and ammunition business Winchester rifles had long
been known as "The Gun That Won The West."

In later years Olin entered new fields, acquiring plants
that manufactured cellophane, paper, film, and tubing. Timber-
lands also were purchased. In 1952 the company acquired Ram-
set Fasteners, Inc., thus entering the field of power-actuated in-
dustrial tools, with its ammunition facilities manufacturing the
cartridges for the tools. Also in 1952 Olin acquired an interest in
the Armstrong Coalbreak Co. of Benton Harbor, Mich., which
holds basic patents, and sells and services equipment for the
new and rapidly growing technique of mining coal by com-
pressed air.

Thus by the time of the me-ger with Mathieson Chemical
Corp. in 1954, Olin Industries, Inc.. was manufacturing a diversi-
fied number of high quality products in ever-widening and re-
lated fields.

Carrying on for the Olin family as executives of the cor-
poration are Founder Franklin W. Olin's two sons. John and
Spencer Olin. ^y

Granite City Steel Company— .A key industry of the second
largest metropolitan area in Illinois is the Granite City Steel Co.
which employs more than 5000 men and women. The company
started in the late 1860's as a producer of granite ware. The
main ingredient in the enamel was ground granite. The process
of coating ironware used in household utensils with enamel was
introduced in the United States by two brothers who owned a
tin fabricating company in St. Louis— William F. and Frederick
G. Niedringhaus.

Their business prospered and in 1878 they built the Granite
Iron Rolling Mills, the business ancestor of today's Granite City
Steel. Later, the brothers bought a large tract of farm land
across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. There .in 1894, they
built a steel works and sparked establishment of the city that is
today's Granite City.

A few years later the steel works was consolidated with
Dlants that fabricated household utensils to form the National
Enameling and Stamping Co. Then, in 1927, Nesco's steelmaking
activities were incorporated separately as the Granite City Steel
Co.

In 1928, its first fuU vear as an independent company.
Granite City Steel sold S14.619.000 worth of steel products— as
against $137,131.00 in 19.S6. In the 10 years from 1946 through
1955. Granite City Steel spent $97,000,000 on new plant and
equipment. Late in 1955 it began a $33,000,000 expansion pro-
gram.

The company is the St. Louis area's largest consumer of
such materials as natural gas, fuel oil, refactory bricks, and
palm oil from East Africa, the second largest of coal and the
third largest of electricity. It buys more tin than any other local
industry, and more zinc than all but a few companies in the
United States. <rb

WILLIAM F. NIEDKINGHAUS

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H \ S10R\ OF WETHOD/SIM
^ , ^- IN MADISON COUNTY

^VS EARLY AS 1«03 METXODIST ITENERANTS BEGAN RIDIMC FROM ONE SETTLEMENT TO ANOTHER HOLDING SERVICES ABOUT OKCE
A MONTH.

THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN ILLINOIS TERRITORY KAS BUILT IN 1805. ON LAND 0*NED BY THOMAS GOOD ABOUT 2)4 MILES SOUTH-
WEST OF EDWARDSVILLE.it was called BETHa AND WAS THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS SOCIETY IN THE COUNTY.

THE FIRST CAMP MEETING WAS HELD NEAR THE RESIDENCE OF THOMAS GOOD IN THE SPRING OF 1807. THIS MEETING WAS UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF BISHOP *M. McKENDREE, A PRESIDING ELDER OF CIRCUITS COVERING SEVERAL WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES. THIS
MEETING WAS INTHE CHARGE OF REV. JESSE WALKER, THE FOUNDER OF TOE METHODIST CHURCH IN ILLINOIS AND THE FIRST PRESIDING ELDER
OF THE ILLINOIS DISTRICT,

ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH WAS AT WANDA, KNOW AS OLD SALEM IN 1809 BY AUTHORITY OF THE
WESTERN CONFERENCE HELD THAT YEAR AT CINCINNATI.

IN 1813 A METHODIST SOCIETY WAS ORGANIZED IN TROY IN THE HOUSE OF JOHN JARVIS AND LATER A FRAME CHURCH CALLED
'GILEAO"WAS CONSTRUCTED ON SECTION 14 NEAR THE RESIDENCE OF REV. JESSE RENFRO , A CIRCUIT PREACHER.

IN 1815 A CHURCH AT EDWARDSVILLE WAS ORGANIZED WHEN REV. JOHN HOCAN WAS ON THE CIRCUIT; AND THREE SUCCESSIVE CHURCHES
HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE PRESENT SITE OF ST. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH.

IN 1817 A CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED IN UPPER ALTON UNDER THE MINISTRATIONS OF REV. S.H.THOMPSON. THIS CHURCH WAS THE NU-
CLEUS OF A FLOURISHING SOCIETY.
THE CHURCHES INCLUDE:

ALTON FIRST ROBERT SIMPSON

ALTON GRACE ROBERT J. BERRY

ALTON MAIN St'. JOHN HENDERSON

ALTON ST. MARKS MELVIN BYRD

BETHALTO LEO COPELAND

COLLINSVILLE FIRST BILL HAHS

EDWARDSVILLE IMMANUEL. . .ROBERT HOLLIS

GODFREY FIRST JOHN CURTIS, JR.

GLEN CARBON FIRST HUBER ROBERSON

MARYVILLE METHODIST HUBER ROBERSON

MADISON METHODIST RUSELL D.ODEN

ROXANA METHODIST
WANDA METHODIST
ST. JACOB METHODIST PHILLIP SNYDER

GRANITE CITY DEWEY AVE. . .RAYMOND SWITZER TRCV METHODIST B.R. CUMMINS

GRANITE CITY NAMEOKI FRANK PIERCE MT.ZION CIRCUIT

EAST ALTON FIRST JACK TRAVELSTEAD GRANITE CITY NEIDRINGHAUS. .VERNIE BARNEH VENICE METHODIST CRAIG DILLMAN

EAST ALTON ST. PAULS JACK L.ADAMS GRANITE CITY TRINITY. .... .JAMES T.BRYANT WOOD RIVER METHODIST EDWIN H. GRANT

EDWARDSVILLE ST. lOHN ' S. . J AMES L.NETTLETON HARTFORD FIRST R.E. GEORGE WORDEN HARRY M.FISH.

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C.KALBFLEISCH » SOSS.DRY GOODS .GROCERY 4 TAILORISC ESTABLISHMENT AND H .G.GROZE . DRUG STORE .COLLINSVILLE , ILL

Collinsville— The story of CoUinsville, one of the fast grow-
ing communities in the St. Louis area, carries through three
phases— agricultural, mining, and commuter. From the time the
four Collins brothers founded the city in 1817 until late in the
Nineteenth century, Collinsville was chiefly an agricultural com-
munity. To this day, it is agricultural to a degree because it is
surrounded by some of the better farm land of the county.

During the last quarter of the Nineteenth century and well
into the Twentieth, coal mining was the principal industry. Dr.
Octavius Lumaghi was one of the pioneers of the industry and
his work was carried on by his son, Louis. Other mines sprung
up in Collinsville, Maryville, Glen Carbon and Troy to contribute
to the Collinsville economy.

Some decades ago when electricity and gas and diesel fuel
and fuel oil for homes started to replace coal, the Collinsville
area mines started to shut down until today there is only one—
the Lumaghi slope mine.

Meanwhile, however, people employed in St. Louis, East
St. Louis, Granite City, and elsewhere started choosing home
sites where they could "get away from it all," and many chose
Collinsville. As a result, Collinsville is to a considerable extent
a "bedroom city," a city of commuters. Its population spurted to
an official 14,217 in the 1960 census and the growth goes on.
There were 11,862 residents in 1950 and 12,902 in 1954.

Population of the trading area now is estimated at 26.430
and this figure is expected to reach 35,000 by 1970 The recent
opening of Interstate Highway 70 to East St. Louis is likely to
provide added impetus to expansion of the city and area.

Chief industries are the Lumaghi mine. Brooks Fine Foods
Co.. and the Martha Manning dress factory. Several tracts have
been annexed to the city in recent years and more arc contem-
plated. An additional outlet from the city to the belt line on the
northwest is planned in (he Clay-Goethc-Walnut street area. The
Chamber of Commerce has been so active that it has authorized
the employment of a full-time executive secretary.

The George Blanquart Jewelers

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113 WEST MAIN ST. CD LLI N B VI LLE, ILL.

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Main at Center Sts. 344-6100 COLLINSVILLE

DRUG CO.

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Collinsville, 111.
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EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.

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KAST STANDARD SERVICE

301 Buchanan St. Edwardsvl 1 le, 111. 656-9823

MRSH SINCLAIR SERVICE

204 Edwardsville Road Troy, 111.

CULLOP- JENNINGS FLORIST

517 W. Clay Coll Insville, 111.

THELUA'S CAFE

107 E. Main Collinsville, 111.

HISTORY OF UADISON COUNTY , I LL INO I S

General Steel Industries, Inc.— The history of this Granite
City firm, one of the tremendous plants of Madison County
that has contributed millions of dollars in payrolls through the
years, is one that didn't start until the Twentieth century. Its
achievements, however, are none the less commendable. After
all. it is a durable goods industry that had the leadership to
guide it successfully through the depression and on to much
greater prosperity in the quarter century that has followed.

The industry started out as the Commonwealth Steel Com-
pany a few years after the turn of the century. At that time
Clarence H Howard, who controlled the old Double Body Bolster
Co., received orders for cast-steel bolsters for railroad passenger
cars. His problem was how to produce them. Steel castings of
such size had not been made before. He finally negotiated with
the small, recently-incorporated Commonwealth firm which
agreed to take the business on the condition that Mr. Howard
help work out the production problem.

To make a long story short, he was offered, in 1904, finan-
cial and operational control of the company. Two former
schoolmates at the old St. Louis Manual Training School joined
him in the business— Harry M. Pflager and George K. Hoblit-
zelle. It was this team of three that built the business. Howard
was the salesman, Pflager the technical and production man.
and Hoblitzelle the specialist in finance and business policy.

The smooth, comfortable ride of the modem railroad pas-
senger car is the direct result of General Steel's historic devel-
opment of new designs of trucks with cast steel frames and bol-
sters.

After World War I the company's engineers designed an
entire underframe structure for a steam locomotive in one
piece. The next step was to produce a one-piece locomotive bed
with cylinders, steam chests and saddle cast integral. The first
such locomotive bed was furnished to the Terminal Railroad
Association of St. Louis in 1926.

During the same period cast steel underframes and trucks
were developed for electric locomotives and underframes were
developed for various types of freight cars such as ore, sulphur,
gondola, tank, hopper, flat and depressed center cars.

Despite the success experienced with freight car products.
General Steel's management recognized that the company could
not depend on its railroad business to keep it going as in the past.
Accordingly, the company acquired in 1955 the National Roll &
Foundry Co. near Pittsburgh which produces cast iron and steel
rolls. A few years later an electric foundry was established at
Granite City for producing special alloy wear resistant castings
to the mining and crushing field. Then in 1960, General Steel
purchased the St. Louis Car Co., one of the foremost builders
of railroad and rapid transit cars.

Having met with success in these ventures, General Steel
Castings Corp. has outgrown its name. Since there was continued
activity toward further diversification, it was decided, effective
May 1, 1961, to change the name to General Steel Industries,
Inc.

Standard Oil Co.— A conviction held by no means by all of
our Madison County residents— that the automobile was here to
stay— was the motivation for the founding of the Standard Oil
Co. at Wood River early in the Twentieth century.

In 1906 three men, W. P. Cowan, Dr. William M. Burton
and J. E. Evans, walked over the watermelon, wheat and corn
land that very soon was to become the site of one of the giants
of our county's industry. The 600-acre tract was purchased, con-
struction began, and families moved in. Before long. Standard
Oil had a plant and Wood River was born.

By the end of 1907 the plant was running crude oil. Frank
J. Gainer was the first timekeeper. He served almost 50 years.
At first there were only three men on the payroll but shortly
there after, there were 400.

Common labor in those days drew IT'/t; cents an hour; a
foreman drew 25 cents. Shifts were 12 hours long, and each
shift worked all 24 hours every' second Sunday. Chief products
at first were kerosene, fuel oil, paraffin, coke and asphalt. Be-
fore long, gasoline was king.

Standard Oil, and consequently Wood River, saw lean
years in the depression, fat years in World War II. The refinery
grew to 745 acres and to a running capacity of more than 50,000
barrels of crude oil a day, with a payroll of 1500.

Standard Oil has been like a godfather to Wood River.
The two have co-operated remarkably well through the years,
and both have prospered.

Shell Oil Co.— Founding of the Shell Oil Co.'s Wood River
plant coincides with the start of World War I in 1917. The Rox-
ana Petroleum Co., later incorporated into Shell Oil Co., started
construction on a 180-acre site on the east side of what is now
route 111. Crude distilling operations were begun in September,
1918.

In the first year, about 7100 barrels of crude were handled
a day. about 4 per cent of the present figure. Six modern homes
were erected on the grounds for a supervisory staff.

Meanwhile, 50 cottages were built north of the refinery for
employes, and these homes became the nucleu's of the present
village of Roxana

During World War I most of the employes lived in Alton
and rode the interurban to Hartford, about a mile from the re-
finery. They covered the remaining distance on foot. Old timers
recall that in bad weather considerable fortitude was required
to walk the distance; sometimes they preferred, instead, to stay
at the plant overnight.

Through the years the refinery has expanded and devel-
oped scores of new techniques for refinement of crude oil. It is
proud of the fact that it was one of the first manufacturers of
100 octane aviation gasoline, and that it was the first petroleum
refinery to win the Army-Navy "E" award in World War II.

Laclede Steel Co. — Named in honor of the soldier-engineer
who helped found St. Louis, the Laclede Steel Co. has grown
from its modest origin in 1911 to a firm of more than 4000 em-
ployes. Its first plant was a rail re-rolling mill in Madison that
produced reinforcing bars.

The story of Laclede Steel is essentially that of its founder,
Thomas R. Akin, who served as president, treasurer and direc-
tor until his death in 1945. Since then his son, W M. Akin, has
directed activities and operations of the company as its presi-
dent.

Laclede produces a substantia', proportion of the highway
and building steel used in this country. All of the major high-
ways and many of the public and private buildings in the met-
ropolitan St. Louis area contain Laclede reinforcing and con-
struction steel.

In addition, many of Laclede's other products such as wire,
pipe and tubing move regularly to all states in the union, to
Canada, Mexico and overseas. The firm produces 620,000 tons
of ingot steel annually, with yearly sales exceeding $65,000,000.

The Alton works was purchased in 1915 and at the end of
that year the annual ingot capacity was 78,400 net tons. In 1916
the Valley plant in East St. Louis was purchased and its prin-
cipal product was railroad car axles from steel made at Alton.
The Valley plant was sold in 1925 and proceeds invested in a 10-
incli continuous strip mill. Since then the company's operations
and products have expanded to put it among the top-ranking
steel makers of the nation.

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SHELL CONSTMVCTION WORKERS ABOUT 1920.

Wood River— Construction of the Standard Oil Co. (now
American Oil Co.) refinery here in 1906 and 1907 was the spark
that touched off the founding and rapid growth of Wood River.
By 1920 it was the "fastest growing city in the United States,"
according to the census of that vear. Its 1960 population was
11,694.

By 1918 the Shell Oil Co., too, had its roots in the ground and
thus two huge refineries were contributing handsomely to the
economy of this thriving city. Meanwhile, Roxana, just across
the street, was sprouting up.

These large industries inevitably attracted smaller ones
and soon Wood River was one of the outstanding centers of man-
ufacturing in highly-industrial western Madison County.

Nearby Hartford for many years was a dock from which
river boats handled coal and supplies. In 1916 International Shoe
Co. built a tannery in Hartford which for marrj' years was one of
the largest shoe tanneries in the nation. White Star Refining Co.
was built in 1919. In 1941 the Wood River Refinery was founded.

and was sold to Sinclair Oil Co. in 1950. Wood River Township
proudly holds the title of "Refining center of the Middle West."

A landmark of the township is the Union Tank Car Co.'s
all-steel dome that houses a regional tank car repair plant. It is
380 feet in diameter and 120 feet high with no internal supports.
Dedicated in 1961, it was raised pneumatically by a huge air-in-
flated nylon bag.

The city has much to be proud of. Wood River Township
Hospital (80 beds) was erected in 1947-49, the first township, tax-
supported hospital in Illinois. There are three city parks and
playgrounds, lighted baseball diamonds, a year-around youth
program, and one of the largest outdoor swimming pools in the
country (a gift of Standard Oil in the 20's.)

A short distance south of Wood River, near Hartford, is
the point from which Lewis and Clark began their famous expe-
dition UD the Missouri River to the West in 1804. Wood River is
rich in history but most significant is a history of its industrial
growth.

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Maytag Washers 25 Pound Glover Washer

R/CC/'S REXALL DRUG STORE

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HEEREN'S STORE

Bethalto, Ml.

BETHALTO BEAUTY HAVEN

Bethalto, Ml.

IRENE'S BEAUTY SALON

Moro, Ml.

NOLTE'S RED S MITE FOOD UARKET

Moro, Ml,

H g D STANDARD SERVICE

Bethalto, Ml.

CARR'S GROCERY

Bethalto, Ml.

BETHALTO LUUBER COMPANY

Bethalto, Ml.

LOMNSTEIN'S A. G. STORE

Moro, Ml.

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he pastor and members of First Evangelical United Brethren Church unite with all
Christians of the area to thank God on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of
Madison County for the wonderful blessings He has bestowed upon our community.
With the Psalmist we say: "Not unto us,0 Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give
glory."
The public is invited to attend all our service:

Cvanc^elical United Sxethxen Ckutcn

WOOD RIVKR & BEACH * WOOD RIVER. ILL.

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VIOOLARD'S DX SERVICE

Expert Lube & Wash Cottage Hills, Ml,

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Roxana, 111.

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2nd S Lorena Wood River, 111.

HARTFORD LUMBER COMPANY

700 M. Delmar Hartford, 111,

FLOYD S FLO'S TAVERN

Bethalto, 111.

TRIO CAFE

Bethalto, 111.

V.V. VIRGIN INSURANCE

Bethalto, Ml.

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ELM RIDGE-RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM ELIOT SMITH .WASHINGTOS ST. MIDDLE ALTON. ILL.

Alton— The largest city in Madison County— acclaimed an
AllAmerican city in 1960— probably could make a ver>' good
case if it claimed also to be the wealthiest in historical lore.
For here is a site visited by Marquette and Joliet in 1673, the
home of the legendary Piasa bird, scene of the Lincoln-Douglas
debate in 1858, and of the Lovejoy anti-slavery riot in 1837.

Here, on the shores of the Mississippi river, landed hun-
dreds of the pioneers whose descendants were destined to be
Alton's giants m industry and business and the professions. Here,
also is the city once chosen to be the capital of Illinois, only to
be bypassed later when Springfield prevailed.

The Alton of today with its population of 43,047 (1960 cen-
sus) has as some of its leaders the descendant of pioneers.
But with them are thousands of others who were attracted by
the city's industries. From the fine homes in Fairmount, on
beautiful, broad Henry Street, in so-called Upper Alton and else-
where down to the more modest neighborhoods come a hetero-
genous populace that has helped make Alton a prosperous, rap-
idly growing community.

Industries that have contributed to Alton's well-being are
many. Some of the larger ones, past and present; Owens-Illinois
Glass Co., Laclede Steel Co.. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. in
nearby East Alton, Duncan Foundry and Machine Works, Inc.,
Beall Bros., Alton Boxboard Co , Mississippi Lime Co., Sparks
Milling Co., Standard Tilton Milling Co., Luer Packing Co., Alton
Brick Co., and C. F Sparks Machine Co.

Shurtleff College opened its doors in Alton in 1827 and
from it have come thousands of alumni who remained in Alton
the rest of their lives. The college closed some years ago and

its campus has since been taken over by Southern Illinois Uni-
versity Nearby are the Western Military Academy and .\lton
High School. ^^ ,

Progress has come to the city in many ways. The Lewis
and Clark bridges over the Missouri and Mississippi rivers were
completed in the late 1920 s. They are named after Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark who headed the famous expedition to
the northwest in 1804.

Civic Memorial airport, a few miles east of Alton serves
the city's needs for air service. Dam No. 26 by the federal
government in depression years created Alton Lake which has
given enjoyment to thousands of the area's boating enthusiasts.

Alton has three fine hospitals: St. Joseph's, with a spacious
addition constructed some years ago; St. Anthony's, and Alton
Memorial, built in the late 1930s as a gift from the late Miss
Eunice Smith of Alton and her sister. Mrs. Pascal E Hatch of
Springfield. Their father was William Eliot Smith, a founder of
the Illinois Glass Co.. now Owens Illinois.

At nearbv Godfrey is Monticello Seminary, founded by
Capt. Benjamin Godfrey, and up the river a few miles is Prin-
cipia College, at Elsah.

Within the past four years Alton has gone through a bitter
dispute over city government. The city manager form was
adopted in 1958, and four years later the citizens voted to re-
turn to the aldermanic form Prior to the latter vote, a large
percentage of the city's policemen went on strike and cit>- coun-
cil meetings were punctuated with heated exchanges stemming
from proponents and opponents of the city manager system.

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60 YEARS OF BANKING SERVICE

^Iton Banking & Trust Co., "Wedge Bank" to its many friends and customers, Is celebrating
its 60th Anniversary of serving the Alton area. Sixty years of successful banking, through

two World Wars and several depressions is an accomplishment of which we are proud

Age or years of service, however, has little meaning in todays world - What we do tomorrow

is more important.

On this our 60th Anniversary year we rededlcate ourselves to the policy of providing our

friends and customers with the best In sound banking practice.

Wedge Bank Is a bank for all the people, and the off leers, directors and all members of the

Wedge Bank family invite you to make Wedge Bank your banking headquarters.

1902

1962

MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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Foilowing are cities and oiliages of the county and the dates of incorporation.

EDWARDSVILLE— February 23. 1819. May 30. 1837. Sep

tember 23. 1872.
ALTON— .Januarv 30. 1821. September 11. 1877.
EAST ALTON— Slav 4. 1894
WOOD RIVER — lune 16. 1911
HAMEL— February 19. 1955.
HARTFORD— March 9. 1920
ROXANA— April 7. 1921
BETHALTO— April 19. 1869. April 23. 1873.
GRANITE CITY— March 9. 1896
NAMEOKI— March 8. 1917
VENICE— February 5. 1897
MADISON— Noyember 2. 1891
WORDEN— October 22. 1877
GLEN CARBON— .hine 6. 1892
TROY— February 18. 1857. April 12. 1892
MARYVILLE— June 4. 1902

COLLINS\'ILLE— February 15. 1855. October 1. 1872
LIVINGSTON- Noyember 15. 1905
WILLIAMSON— March 14. 1907
NFW nolGLAS— December 16. 1874.
GKANTKORK- February 18, 1886.
ALHAMHRA— April 5. 1884
MARINE— March 8. 1867
ST. .JACOB- September 8. 1875.
HIGHLAND— February 14. 1863.

Names make news, it is said, but how did our townships get their names?
Here are the best answers auailabie:

Alton — For the eit.v which was named in honor of Alton
Easton. a son of Col. Rufus Easton. the city's founder.

Foster — For Oliyer P. Foster, an early resident.

Granite City— For the city, which derived its name from
granite ware, a product of its first factory.

Godfrey— For Capt. Benjamin Godfrey, a pioneer.

Wood River — For Wood River, the stream passing through
the township.

Venice — For the city, which was named by Dr. Cornelius
Campbell of St. Louis, presumably after the city of the same
name in Italy.

Edwardsville— For the city, named for the first governor
of Illinois territory. Ninian Edwards. He lived in Edwardsville.

Chouteau — In honor of the French settlers who were in the
township prior to 1800.

Nameoki — An Indian word meaning smoky. Selected per-
haps because of smoke from forges of the monks on Monks
Mound or because of mists hanging over the bottoms.

Collinsville— For the city, which was named for its found-
ers, four Collins brothers.

Moro — Presumably the name of an early settler.

Fort Russell— For Col. William Russell, commander of
Fort Russell just north of Edwardsville a short distance west of
Route 112.

Omphghent— For the old Omph Ghent church, built by
early settlers.

Hamel— For Jack Hamel, an early settler.

Pin Oak — For a grove of pin oak trees that early settlers
found.

Jarvis— For a widely known family of early settlers.

Olive — For several families of early settlers.

Marine — In honor of several retired sea captains who set-
tled there.

Leef— For Jacob Leef, an early settler.

Alhambra — Chosen by Mrs. Louis F. Sheppard, whose hus-
band platted the village of 1849. Mrs. Sheppard and a friend were
reading a book entitled "Spanish Alhambra" at the time.

St. Jacob — For Jacob Schuetz and Jacob Schroth, early
settlers.

New Douglas— Named by A. Foster, founder of the village
of New Douglas, who selected the name to honor Senator Ste-
phen A. Douglas.

Saline— For the saline or salt beds found under parts of
the township.

Helvetia — Chosen by early Swiss settlers. Helvetia in the
Swiss language means Switzerland.

Alton Savings and Loan Association was Incorporated In 1904 with

assets totaling $10,000.00.

Now 58 years later, In 1962, our total assets are more

SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION

620 EAST THIRD STREET - ALTON. ILLINOIS

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That Is hoa It was In 1836 ahen.on February 2,
the Alton Marine and Fire Insurance Coapany

started In business Throuch Bergers and

consolidations, the little Insurance office
Is today our FIRST NATIONAL BANK 4 TRUST CO.
IN ALTON

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tutlon vlth the stability. Integrity and ex- ^

perlence that are the prerogatives of age ^

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state Bank of Collinsville was granted a charter June 15,1891. On Saturday, June 20, the bank
opened for business in one rented room on Main Street. Mr.Hadley, President, Mr. John Cook,
Cashier and Mr. Wi 1 1 iaM Hadf ield, Vice President. were the first officers. Total Assets were
$25,000.00. In 1916 the assets totaled $700,000.00. Today they exceed $7,000,000.00.

Present officers of the bank serving the people of the county are:

President-

-George G. McCormIck

Exec. V. President Irwin C.Maurer

Vice President Mary Ann Meyer

Cashier Harry C.Schnuck

Ass't Cashier Eugene J.Luner

Ass't Cashier Charles Maurer

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