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Anchor Aces January 1946
Led by high-scoring “hook shooter” Bruce Taylor (39) and rebounder Donald Biefeldt (37), the An...

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Anchor School Circa 1900
The small community of Anchor, located in the northeastern corner of McLean County, was once ho...

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Bird House Contest, 1930s Anchor Grade School
This wonderful photograph comes from the Museum’s William Brigham Collection. Brigham was the l...

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Dennie Bridges, IWU February 1958
The Illinois Wesleyan legend is seen here as a promising freshman guard. A native of Anchor, a ...

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McLean County Basketball Tournament Championship Game, January 21, 1966 Octavia 68, Lexington 48
For many years the biggest sporting event on the local calendar was the McLean County Basketbal...

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Photo of the Week, 62: Brother can you spare a . . . tractor
On May 1, 1939, neighbors gathered at Grover Proctor's farm to take care of the spring plo...

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Farming in the Great Corn Belt

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1900 to 1945: Tenants and Labor
The purchase of mechanized tools, like tractors and harvesters, increased equipment costs for t...

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Nature's Forces
The McLean County farmers’ ability to make good choices drove their success or failure. But wit...

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