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      • Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois, 1891
      • Notes on Sullivan in 1853 by John R. Eden
      • Notes on Moultrie Co and Sullivan by I.J. Martin
      • The Whitley Point Record Book
      • Fragments of the History of Sullivan
      • Common Place Book of I.J. Martin – Moultrie County
      • Memoirs of a Boy Mayor, by Walt Eden
      • Location of Whitley Point Settlement — Aerial Photographs
      • Sullivan Revised Ordinances, 1892
      • Sullivan 1901 – Biggest and Best City in Illinois
    • Civil War Era
      • Glimpses of Life During the Civil War
      • Recollections of the Civil War, I.J. Martin
      • Was Sullivan Really Pro-South During the Civil War
      • More on Sullivan in Civil War – 1906 John R Eden Speech
    • Old Atlases & Maps and City Directories
      • First Settlements in Moultrie County, by I.J. Martin
      • 1875 Moultrie Co Atlas
      • 1896 Moultrie Co Atlas
      • 1913 Moultrie Co. Atlas
      • Sullivan City Directory 1913
      • Sullivan City Directory 1922
      • Sullivan City Directory 1933/1934
    • Moultrie County in World War I
      • Moultrie County Newspaper Clippings
      • Letters Home 1918-1919
    • Lynn Creek Church and Cemetery
    • Record of the Old Settlers’ Picnic, Whitley Creek
    • Photos
  • Family History
    • Martin
      • Fragments of Martin History
      • More Fragments of Martin Family History
      • Ivory and Rose
      • Ivory J. Martin, Sullivan Newspaperman
      • My Search for Old John and Isabella Scott Martin
    • Eden
    • Hattie & Ruth — family history of Taylors, Pifers, Whites and Davises
    • Neely
    • Waggoner
    • Winnifred Titus Sentel
  • Sullivan H.S. Yearbooks
  • Russian Literature
    • Russian Literature Collection
    • On Collecting Russian Literature
      • Death of Prince Andrei in Tolstoy’s War and Peace
      • Pushkin
      • The Original War and Peace of Tolstoy
      • Osip Mandlestam
      • Anna Akhmatova
  • Music

The History of Moultrie County and Sullivan, Illinois

Old Photos

First Christian Church, Sullivan, built in 1853, demolished 1899.
North side of Courthouse square, Sullivan
Southeast corner of Courthouse square, Sullivan; Bastion school in background.
Moultrie County Courthouse, Sullivan, as it appeared in 1880's.
The Eden-Martin home, Sullivan
Sullivan Square Harrison Street 1910 08 18
First Christian Church, Sullivan
river
Sullivan Country Club
North Side School (on site of later Powers School), Jackson Street, Sullivan. Built 1873.
The Eden-Martin home, Sullivan
Sullivan Arial View 1942 08 11
Sullivan Arial View North side School 1911 03 20
Sullivan First National Bank 1908 10 30
Sullivan Harrison Street Looking West undated
Sullivan Harrison Street Sullivan Garage undated
Sullivan Square Harrison Street Courthouse 1910 09 26
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Sullivan_Square_NorthSide_HarrisonStreet_1907
Sullivan Square North Side Titus Opera House undated
Sullivan Square NorthSide Titus Opera House 1910
Sullivan Square North Side Titus Opera House undated
Sullivan_Square_SouthSide_1941
Sullivan Square SouthSide 1907
Sullivan_Square_WestSide_1908
Wyman Park Lake North undated dive boards
Wyman Park Sullivan bandstand 1920s
Wyman Park bandstand 1930
Wyman Park Lake Sullivan West view 1957 Aug
Courthouse Sullivan
Harrison Street Sullivan
North Side School Sullivan
Present building of Sullivan Presbyterian Church as it appeard at the completion in 1889

History of Moultrie County and Sullivan Illinois © Eden Martin

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