Monthly Archives: June 2014

Divernon High School (closed high schools)

Posted on June 20, 2014 by editor

Quick facts about Divernon High School (the link connects to much more school information on Illinois Glory Days, a website that chronicles more than 1,100 closed high schools throughout Illinois). Year opened: Early 1900s. The first graduating class in 1904, … Continue reading →

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Dawson High School (closed high schools)

Posted on June 20, 2014 by editor

Quick facts about Dawson High School (the link connects to much more school information on Illinois Glory Days, a website that chronicles more than 1,100 closed high schools throughout Illinois). Opened as grade school: 1867 3-year high school began: 1886 New building … Continue reading →

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Buffalo High School (closed high schools)

Posted on June 19, 2014 by editor

Quick facts about Buffalo High School (the link connects to much more school information on Illinois Glory Days, a website that chronicles more than 1,100 closed high schools throughout Illinois). Year opened: 1860s Year 1st brick school built: 1870 Year … Continue reading →

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Ball Township High School (closed high schools)

Posted on June 19, 2014 by editor

Quick facts about Ball Township High School (the link connects to full  information and more photographs on Illinois Glory Days, a website that chronicles more than 1,100 closed high schools throughout Illinois). Year opened: September 1923 (35 students in attendance) … Continue reading →

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John H. Catherwood (Medal of Honor, 1911)

Posted on June 18, 2014 by editor

Springfield native John Hugh Catherwood (1888-1930), a seaman on the U.S. Navy gunboat USS Pampanga during what is called the “Action against Philippine Outlaws” in 1911, received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a firefight with Moro rebels. … Continue reading →

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A.J. Liebling on Lincoln’s presence in Springfield (1950)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by editor

A.J. Liebling (1904-63), noted essayist and press critic for The New Yorker magazine, visited Springfield in 1950 for the first article in a New Yorker series on the Lincoln tradition. Among those Liebling interviewed were George “Gib” Bunn Jr., Gertrude … Continue reading →

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114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Posted on June 12, 2014 by editor

The 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of men from Sangamon Cass and Menard counties, was known as the “Sangamo,” “Sangamon” or even “Lincoln’s Home” regiment during its Civil War service. The 114th was formed in the summer of … Continue reading →

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Meredith Rhule

Posted on June 8, 2014 by editor

Meredith Rhule (1910-74), a Springfield native, led Burmese and Chinese guerrillas, often behind Japanese lines, during World War II. He won election as Sangamon County sheriff in 1946, but served only one term after newspaper investigations found he had ignored … Continue reading →

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Hawthorne Place

Posted on June 5, 2014 by editor

The developers of the Hawthorne Place subdivision were ahead of their time. Its construction, starting in 1902, triggered Springfield’s suburban growth and created new ways of living for residents of the city. Hawthorne Place, which takes in Whittier, Lowell and … Continue reading →

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Gambling and the Sangamon County underworld,1948

Posted on June 4, 2014 by editor

The 1948 slaying of a dice game “stickman” helped expose a Sangamon County underworld that featured wide-open gambling and, allegedly, systematic bribery of state, county and city officials. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch at the time had a team of reporters … Continue reading →

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