​Nauvoo's first name was Quashquema, a Fox Indian word meaning "peaceful place." Nauvoo, a Hebrew word for "beautiful place" or "pleasant land", is...
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A visit to the George M. Verity River Museum takes you back to the era of the river steamboats before the modern day diesels came into being.
Buil...
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Facilities and ActivitiesPicnicking/SheltersGeode State Park is one of the most scenic and popular picnicking spots in southeast Iowa. Several open...
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About Us The Society The Dover Historical Society was established in 1995 following the gift of the former glove factory-creamery building for...
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1st Floor Tillman Hall, Western Illinois University,
Macomb, IL
Founded in 1975, the Museum of Geology is an arm of Western Illinois University's Department of Geology. Originally conceived as a learning resourc...
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Music in the 1920s was pushing new boundaries. As radios made their way into people’s homes, new sounds, from different parts of the c...
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About The Museum of Repertoire Americana
Built and maintained by the Midwest old Settlers and Threshers Association, Inc., the Museum of Repertoir...
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Midwest Electric Railway is always looking for a reason to take a ride on the rails. If you or a group that you know would like to take a ride on t...
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The Stoneware Museum is a comprehensive and unique private collection of Monmouth, Weir and Western Stoneware pottery. Over 1200 pieces are on exhi...
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The Warren County Historical Society was founded as a non-profit in 1968 and opened its museum in 1970 in the old Roseville High School. After 38 y...
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History:Albert R. (Scottie) Scott started his rink business in Carthage, IL in 1936 in an upstairs hall. He ran the rink there for two years. In th...
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In 1962 the Quincy Museum began as a small museum for Indian artifacts in Indian Mounds Park in Quincy, Illinois. The original building was constru...
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The historic Newcomb-Stillwell Mansion, the home of the Quincy Museum, is a wonderful example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture se...
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