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Wabash County Museum
320 N. Market Street
P. O. Box 512
Mt. Carmel, IL
62863
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Wabash County Museum
Jul 97 min read
A Mt. Carmel Businessman of the 19th Century
C. O. B. Goforth was a prominent businessman in Mt. Carmel for many years. I have not been able to find where he was born or when he came...
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Wabash County Museum
Jul 85 min read
The Stein House--A Local Landmark
Elora Johnson, loaned the museum a beautiful tin scoop, made by Jacob Stein, for a special exhibit about cooking through various...
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Wabash County Museum
Oct 16, 20203 min read
The Walters Building--434-436 N. Market Street in Mt. Carmel, IL
The Walters Building 534 and 536 Market Street bit the dust (or made a lot of dust) this week in Mt. Carmel. Condemned after bricks from...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Wabash County Museum Received Community Grant from Walmart
The Wabash County Museum at 320 N. Market Street in Mt. Carmel, IL has received a Community Grant from Walmart, through the Princeton, IN...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 17, 202012 min read
History of the Towns in Wabash County
Rochester Wabash County's first community of white settlers was Rochester where Frenchmen traded with Piankishaw Indians as early as 1800....
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 16, 20206 min read
Mt. Carmel Precinct and Its First Settlers
Enoch Greathouse was born in Germany, immigrated to Pennsylvania and then to Kentucky and came to Illinois in 1803 or 1804. He settled...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 16, 20203 min read
1965 Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Contents--Did Your FamilyLeave Something For You?
In 1965 during the Sesquicentennial of Mt. Carmel festivities, people were encouraged to submit an envelope of items to go into a time...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 15, 20204 min read
First Settlers of Lick Prairie
Lick Prairie is the smallest precinct in Wabash County but was one of the first settled, at least in its eastern part. The western...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 14, 20204 min read
The History of Bellmont Precinct
Bellmont Precinct was formerly called Bonpas Precinct and changed to Bellmont in September 1881. The former name likely went back as far...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 14, 202011 min read
Friendsville Precinct
The first permanent settler of Friendsville Precinct was John Wood. He was born in Maryland and was a Revolutionary War soldier. He had...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 14, 20206 min read
Lancaster Precinct
It's a feeling we all share--wanting to be in the company of friends and family when we venture into unknown situations and places. I...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 12, 20204 min read
The Forgotten Town of Palmyra
Palmyra was a ghost town in the 1880s, as related by a group of farm boys who took a fishing trip there on a summer day. I wish I could...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 12, 20206 min read
First Settlers of Wabash Precinct
What criteria would you use for selecting the land you would choose for a new home if you were moving? Likely the price and style of the...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 11, 20205 min read
Rochester, Coffee and Compton Precincts
When you walk through Beall Woods State Park and along Coffee Creek, you may get a sense of what this area of the state was like 220...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 9, 20205 min read
The Battle of Chickamauga
Several pivotal Civil war battlefields lie in close proximity to each other--Battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge....
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 8, 20206 min read
The Siege of Vicksburg--Summer of 1862
The Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi took place during June and July of 1863. Controlling the Mississippi river was paramount to success...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 8, 20205 min read
The Seige of Corinth, Mississippi--Summer of 1862
Eleven local civil war units took part in the siege of Corinth and one unit participated in the battle of Corinth. This is the one civil...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 8, 20207 min read
The Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing--April 6, 1862
The Army of the Tennessee, under the command of U. S. Grant, had made its way up the Tennessee River (south) to Pittsburg Landing. The...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 8, 20207 min read
The Kentucky Campaign--The Battle of Perryville
Minie Balls--not named for their size or shape but for the Frenchman who invented them. Soldiers often spoke of the sound they made as...
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Wabash County Museum
Jun 8, 20202 min read
William Penn Beesley and the Illinois 66th Infantry
Sharpshooter's Glasses Used by William Penn Beesley The 66th Illinois Infantry was organized at Benton Barracks near St. Louis, MO during...
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