Downs

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Articles

A small selection of Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Turner Hall lost monument to German pride

More than a century ago, Turner Hall was the cultural hub of Bloomington’s large and influentia...

Article

Blog

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Clarke Triplets Turn Eight Downs, August 1949

Mary, Margaret, and Marilyn Clarke of Downs (don’t ask us to identify who’s who!) turned eight ...

Blog Post

Pointer and Setter Club Field Trials, April 1946

That’s “Jake,” a pointer puppy owned by “bird dog man” G.S. Bryant of Springfield and handled h...

Blog Post

Up and Over Downs May 1953

Even the small Village of Downs had a post-World War II housing boom (relatively speaking). Thi...

Blog Post

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

Digital Exhibit

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1946 to 2000: Larger Farms

After World War II the number of farms and farmers in McLean County slowly decreased. At the sa...

Digital Exhibit

Finding Aids

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Rutledge School (Downs Township)

Rutledge School District was laid out in 1862, but not organized until 1867. The school was nam...

Finding Aid