by hist-ad-min | Apr 10, 2020 | Historic facts
#13. Lincoln, Chase, and McKinley President-Elect Abraham Lincoln made a brief 20 minute stop at the original Sourbeck House located on the north side of the railroad tracks at the Crossing, on February 15, 1861, as he traveled from Illinois to Washington, DC for his...
by hist-ad-min | Apr 9, 2020 | Historic facts
#12.The Village of Mt. Union Jobsville was the first community founded in Washington Township at the intersection of Main Street (now State Street) and Mt. Union Avenue (now Union Avenue). The community requested a post office but the name they wanted, Johnsonville,...
