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2008 Articles

November 2008--Grimsley Genealogy

October 2008--Early History of Lexington, Illinois

September 2008--Grave Witching

August 2008-- Grave Concerns on the Internet

July 2008--Alumni, Reunions, and Yearbooks

June 2008--Duncan Manor at Towanda

May 2008--Smith Public Library -- Lexington Public Library

April 2008--Hon. William M. Smith

March 2008--Illinois Historical Marker Month

February 2008--The Dash

January 2008--The Year was 1907

 

2007 Articles

December 2007--Tour of Lexington's Past-Part 2

November 2007--Veterans Memorial

October 2007--Tour of Lexington's Past-Part 1

September 2007--Lexington Castle-Part 3 Interior Tour

August 2007--Lexington Castle-Part 2 Exterior Tour

July 2007--Lexington Castle-Part 1

June 2007--Pictures From Our Past-Clarence Best, Lexington Artist

May 2007--Lexington's Baseball Great-Ed Kinsella

April 2007--Kids Eye View of History

March 2007--ElPaso Man Among First Blacks to Vote After 15th Amendment

February 2007--Lexington's Electric Light System

January 2007--Lexington Character, James McHugh

 

2006 Articles

December 2006 -- A Taste of Lexington

November 2006 -- Patriot Guard Riders

October 2006 -- Lexington Fire Department

September 2006 -- Lexington Our Town Quilt

August 2006 -- Requiem for a Neighbor

July 2006 -- Lexington Water Works

June 2006 -- 1970 Lexington Tornado

May 2006 -- Weddings

April 2006 -- The Drowning of Albert Dodd

March 2006 -- The Irish Came

February 2006 -- Lincoln in Lexington, Illinois

January 2006 --  Student Sesquicentennial Projects

 

2005 Articles

December 2005-- The First McLean County

November 2005 -- Livingston County Early Settlers

October 2005 -- Historical Home in Lexington

September 2005 -- Lexington Schools

August 2005 -- Rainbow Bridge

July 2005 -- Do You Remember 1955?

June 2005 -- Lexington Telephone Company

May 2005 -- Indian Field Cemetery

April 2005 -- Early mills on the Mackinaw

March 2005 -- How Lexington Was Named

February 2005 -- Uncle Jack Turner

January 2005 -- Lexington Banks

 

2004 Articles

December 2004 -- Turkey Creek Golf Course

November 2004 -- Lexington Christian Church

October 2004 -- Weston as it was, 1900-1910

September 2004 -- History of Dawson Cemetery

August 2004 -- The Village of Potosi

July 2004 -- The Henline Stockade

June 2004 -- The Patton Cabin

May 2004 -- Reminiscences of Pleasant Hill

April 2004 -- A Deserted Village, Clarksville

March 2004 -- Early Lexington