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‘I-house’ early Corn Belt architectural style
Along Illinois Route 165 between the rural communities of Cooksville and Colfax in eastern McLe...
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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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Cooksville Ball Club 1908
Back in the early 20th century baseball was not only the National Pastime but the National Obse...
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Cooksville High School Class of 1909
Seen here are 1909 graduates from Cooksville, a small community some fifteen miles northeast of...
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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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Play Ball! Cooksville, 1909
McLean County’s smaller communities, including the Village of Cooksville, once fielded competit...
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Finding Aids
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Armstrong, Bea
Born in Hudson to William Campbell and Alma Belle Cope Blagg, Beatrice “Bea” Armstrong (1915-19...
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