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SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL ADDRESSES
100 S Main (Martin Financial Bldg)
103 Washington Square (W Down Under)
115 W Jefferson (Police Station)
118 Peoria Street (The Professional Bldg)
120 N Wilmor Road (The Blue Ox)
126 N Main Street (Parking lot by Brunks)
308 N Main Street (Old Russell's Cycle)
313 Muller Road (Kep's)
501 Walnut Street (Old Mary Rachel Antiques)
904 Walnut Street (Old White Elephant)
912 Walnut Street (Vet clinic)
910 E Jefferson Street (Lee Automotive)
1269 Peoria Street (Wash. Family Restaurant)
1841 Washington Rd (Old LaGondola)
1869 Washington Rd (Old Cummins)
2270-2282 Washington Rd (Dominos et al)
2409 Washington Road
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Cherry Tree Center
Cummings Lane
Eastgate Drive
Freedom Parkway
Jefferson Street
Main Street
Muller Road
Peoria Street
Spring Creek Road
Sunnyland Plaza
Valley Forge Drive
Walnut Street
Washington Road
Washington Square
Wilmor Road
Wood Street
Zinser Place
Miscellaneous Other Streets
BUSINESSES
Heyl Pony Farm
Hillcrest Golf Center
Threads, Hope, & Love
Unkle Woody's
Valley Forge Cinema
Washington Hospital
RESIDENTIAL
606 S. Main Street
703 Peoria Street
CEMETERIES
POINTS OF INTEREST
Bandstand on the Square
Central Illinois Fallen Biker Memorial
Chris Koehl Fire Training Facility
PARKS AND REC
Ice Rink at City Park
Lahood Park
Meadow Valley Park
Oak Ridge Park
Oliver Thomas Park
Washington Park
Washington Park Pool
Weaver Park
PLACES THAT NEVER EXISTED
Evergreen Acres Country Club
Pine Lakes Condos
THINGS
Alphonso Drugs Postcard Series
"Crooked W" Postcards
Homecoming Postcard Set
Illinois Sesquicentennial Float From 1968
Kammeyer Collection
Libby’s Famous Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Movies Shown at Valley Forge
Oregon Stone for Washington Monument
Original Mural on the Square
Charles Osgood Postcards
Resident Directories
Square Cannonballs
"White Typeset" Promotional Postcards
C.U. Williams Postcard Series
EVENTS
Alumni Football Game
American Pickers Visit Washington
Baby Margaret Visits Washington
Bicentennial Scrapbook From 2025
Big Tent Shows of Early Washington
Centennial Celebration of 1925
City on the Grow Slogan Picked
May Crane Valedictorian Address
Creature Feature Visits Washington
Creve Coeur Steeplechase Program from 1947
Dick Herm Steam Show
Early Attempts to Create a Park District
Early Library History
Evolution of our City Name
Fall Festival/Good Neighbor Days
First Airplane Over Washington
First Car in Washington
First Christmas on the Square
Frontier Life in Washington
German POWs - The Pictures
German POWs - The Story
Gus Macker Tournament
Hands Across Washington
Belle Harlan's Memories
Heyl-Long election
William Holland Plaque Dedications
William Royal Meets William Holland
Invention of the Safe-Base
Lessons From Leaders Series
Library Relocation to Five Points
Lincoln in Washington
Sonny Liston Visits Sunnyland
Location of Sandy's Restaurant
Nonpartisan Elections
Origins of Danforth, Illinois
Out of Debt Celebration
Pageant Winners
Programs from Fall Festival and Homecoming
Dan Quayle Visits Washington
Carol Reeser Married on the Radio
David Rubinoff Concert
Sesquicentennial Scrapbook From 1975
Take Pride in Washington Day
Taste of Washington
Tournament of Champions
Town Homecoming
Walk Around the Square in the 1950’s
Ricky Walker Day
SCHOOLS
Beverly Manor Sports Highlights
Cooper School
History of Central School
Home of ISU?
Hopewell School
Lafayette School
Liberty School
New High School
Other One-Room Schoolhouses
Pleasant View Sports Highlights
St. Pat's Sports Highlights
School Bell
School Consolidation
Seminary
Torry Gym
Union School
Washington High School 1912 Yearbook “The Tiger”
Washington High School 1922 Yearbook “Wacohis”
WCHS Band Program
WCHS Basketball Team of 1961-62
WCHS Boys Basketball Media Guide From 1973-74
WCHS Boys Basketball Media Guide From 1978-79
WCHS Boys Basketball Media Guide From 1981-82
WCHS Boys Basketball Records
WCHS Boys Teams From 1981-82
WCHS Conference Changes
WCHS Faculty Yearbook
WCHS Football Records
WCHS Football Redshirts
WCHS Football State Championship
WCHS Girls Basketball Records
WCHS Girls Basketball Team From 1976-77
WCHS Graduation Programs
WCHS Individual State Champions
WCHS Newspaper Issues
WCHS Softball Records
WCHS Team State Champions
WCHS Touchpros Site
WHS Basketball team of 1906-07
WMS Sports Highlights
RAILROADS
Freedom Train
Santa Fe & GMO Railroads
TP&W Depot
TP&W Railroad
PEOPLE
Mike Adams
Tom Adams
Dick Alexander
Golden Babcook
Emma Jean Bachman
Elias Benford
Robert Bentz-The RC Man
John Blumenshine
Mahlon Blumenshine
Marilyn Crowell
Richard & Shelby Cullom
David Cummings
Almon G. Danforth
Asa Danforth
Henry Danforth
Walker Danforth
Silas Eccles
Herman Essig
George Ferner
Peter Fifer
Rita Fischbach
Benjamin Frederick
Charlie Fuller
Polly Fuller
Heini Ganzhorn
Pete Gerber
Paul Goddard
Jack Gorin
John Gorin
Don Gronewold
Donald Guedet
Ed Habecker Jr.
Eleanor Hallinan
Katherine Harms
Frank Harvey
Wesley B. Harvey
Tiny Hays
Augustus Heiple
Eli Heiple
John L. Hensey
William Hess
George Heyl
Noah Hickman
William Holland - Blacksmith
Robert Hult
Mary Italin
Mary Jenkins
Frankie Johnston
Janet Cook Kaizer
Bob Kimpling
Wally King
Dr. Paul Kinsinger
Fay Land
Anna Lester
Wolfgang Lied
Gary List
Dax Locke
Bill Maher
Ron Marshall
Greg Martin
Olin Martin
Caroline Martini
Mike McClellan
David McClugage
Bill & Gloria McNett
Philo B. Miles
Ira Miller
Col. Benjamin N. Mitchell
Melvin Moehle
Arden Muller Sr.
Bob Neumann
Luther North
Reinhold Pabel - German POW Escapee
Robert Paxson
William Edward Petri
Hiram L. Price
George Reeser
Robert Reeves
Lillian Rich
Bonnie Richart
George Rinkenberger
Erastus Roberts
Dr. Thomas Rogers
Roy Romani
Matthew & Alba Ryan
Andrew Schabinger
Sister Mary Ann Schmitz
Don Cash Seaton
Chief Senachwine
George H. Shaw
Sheppard Family
Dennis Sheppard
Donald Smelz
James Smith
David Snell
Josiah Snyder
Howard Spurgeon
William Stong
Jack Stromberger
Fred Sweitzer
Richard Tanton
Fred Taral
Lt. William A. Tinney
Gene Thrailkill
Benjamin Tobias
Ray Torry
Carl Trantham
Ed Usnik
Dave van Dyck
Dick Van Scyoc
Washington's Pro Athletes
James Wathen
Scott Wehnes
John White
Frances Whittaker
William R.A. Wilson
Brian Wisher
Earl Zimmerman
Israel Zinser
UNUSUAL WEATHER
Storm Damage of 1924
Sudden Change of 1836
Tornado of 1858
Tornado Scrapbook From 2013
Washington Tornado Memoirs - Hope Lives On Project
CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS
Ability Drum Company
Anti-Slavery Meeting Disruption
Extirpated Illinois Animal Species
Football Game Cross-Burning
Foster's Family Living Center
Lindy’s Beech Tree
Lingg-Denhart Connection
Lyman Smith Inheritance
People vs the Pearls
Removal of the Square
Saga of the 223 Property
Skidoo to the Saloons
Smallpox Scare of 1901
"State of Indiana" Steamship Hubbub
Tom Berlett's Quest
Washington's Racial Past
CRIMES
Murder of Beverly Swearingen
Murder of Charles Scott
Murder of Hazel Finson
Murder of John Smith
Murder of Kyle McMurtrey
Murder of Susan Helm
TRAGEDY
Evan Knoblauch Accident
Ksycki Fire
Prairie State Steamship Explosion
Washington's Only Fatal Plane Crash
White Elephant Fire
ORGANIZATIONS
Birth of the Historical Society
Crossroads United Methodist Church
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Free Grace Church
Glad Tidings Assembly of God
Hopewell Grange
Origins of Kiwanis
Roland Manor Baptist
St. Mark's
St. Patrick's
Sunnyland Christian
Sunnyland Lettes
Taylor Lodge
Town & Country Gardeners
Washington Apostolic Christian
Washington Historical Society Newsletters
Washington Municipal Band
W.H.I.P.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Eastern Bypass
Fabled Morton-Washington Road
Freedom Parkway
Hesselein Landing Strip
Heyl Addition
Hollands Grove Phone Tower
Legion Road Firehouse
Mass Transit in Washington
McClugage Road
Naming of Rural Streets
Route 24 Through Town
Street Name Changes
Summit Drive Extension
Tornado Siren System
Washington Phone Prefix
Westlake Subdivision
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