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Leroy

A Community in Conflict

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1907
After securing local voting rights in 1891, area suffragettes worked to expand those rights—even as others continued their efforts to keep women from voting.

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Articles

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Extinct passenger pigeon once visitor to Central Illinois
In 1810, 24-year-old attorney Henry Marie Brackenridge traveled down the Ohio River to Ste. Gen...

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Moraine View park opened in 1959
There are few lovelier corners of McLean County than Moraine View State Recreation Area. Situat...

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portrait of Minnie

Secor’s Minnie Vautrin, ‘Goddess of Mercy’
Born, raised and educated in Central Illinois, Christian educator Minnie Vautrin was an eyewitn...

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Blog

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Easter Parade, LeRoy Style, 1937
On Sunday, April 9, 1937, The Pantagraph ran a photo spread on LeRoy ladies getting ready for E...

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LeRoy Aerial East of Downtown, January 1933
The view here is looking south. Today, there’s a new high school and more residential in-fill, ...

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LeRoy Centennial Parade October 19, 1935
A merchant’s parade was one of the highlights of LeRoy’s three-day centennial celebration, Octo...

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LeRoy Centennial Queen October 19, 1935
This photo was taken of the LeRoy Centennial parade, held back in 1935. Rose Mae Bishop (seated...

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LeRoy Fall Festival September 1963
The 1963 LeRoy Fall festival was held over four days, September 4-7. Billed as “Illinois larges...

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LeRoy High’s Ron Crosby Teacher of Year, May 1964
At the end of the 1964 school year, Leroy High School students selected biology teacher and bas...

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LeRoy’s CCC Camp August 1934
LeRoy was home to a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work camp during the Great Depression. Th...

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Photo of the Week, 129: Reserve Champions Illinois State Fair, August 17, 1949
The Illinois State Fair gets underway today in Springfield and runs through Sunday, August 23. ...

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Reserve Champions Illinois State Fair, August 17, 1949
McLean County 4-H youth have an enviable record when it comes to Illinois State Fair showings. ...

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Farming in the Great Corn Belt

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1900 to 1945: Livestock
From 1900 until the end of WWII, McLean County farmers continued to raise a diverse variety of ...

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Fertilizer
With every crop harvested, farmers removed nutrients from the rich prairie soil. But because Mc...

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Finding Aids

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Kinser, Betty
Betty Marshall Kinser was born on November 15, 1941 in Bloomington, IN. In her youth she was kn...

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Vietnam Moving Wall
Several organizations present a "Moving Wall" -- a scaled down replica of the Vietnam...

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Publications

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from LeRoy, McLean County, Illinois 1911

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Leroy, McLean County, Illinois 1893

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Leroy, McLean County, Illinois 1899

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Leroy, McLean County, Illinois 1906

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