The Peter Tufts (Cradock) House

Known for many years as the Cradock House because it was thought to have been built in 1634 for Matthew Cradock, the construction of the house is now attributed to Peter Tufts. Although the exact date of its origin is ...

Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster

This is the site of the Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster which on December 24, 1932, took the lives of all 54 miners entering the mine that day. The Moweaqua Coal Mine was Shelby County's largest. An unprecedented drop in barometric ...

Lincoln’s First Illinois Home

On an eminence overlooking the Sangamon River three miles south of here stood the first home of Lincoln in Illinois. To this site came the Lincoln family in March, 1830. Here they lived until 1831, when the parents removed to ...

Lincoln National Memorial Highway

From the site of the Lincoln cabin on the Sangamon three miles south of here, to the Wabash River opposite Vincennes, the Lincoln National Memorial Highway follows substantially the route taken by the Lincoln family in their migration from Indiana ...

Florence Fifer Bohrer

(1877 - 1960)

The first woman elected to the Illinois Senate, Florence Fifer Bohrer served two terms from 1925 to 1933. She chaired the Senate committee to visit charitable institutions, led efforts to revamp Illinois' child welfare laws, and sponsored legislation ...

Home of Joseph W. Fifer

This was the home of Joseph W. Fifer, Republican Governor of Illinois, 1889-1893. Fifer was born in Virginia in 1840 and came to Illinois in 1857. During the Civil War he served in the 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment. He graduated ...

Historic Lake Labelle

On September 20, 1980, 11 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in the Pickwick area causing a flash flood that severely damaged the mill and Lake Labell's flood gates. In 1982, Pickwick Mill Inc. was founded to restore the ...

Johnson County Spanish American War Honor Roll

[ Plaque One ]

—?— ( Official Crest ) —?—

United ?Spanish ? War ? Veterans

1898 ? 1902

—?— —— —?— —— —?—

[ Plaque Two ]

In Honor and Memory of

The Volunteers of 1898

Erected and Dedicated by

Franklin Camp No. ...

Cradle of North Mississippi Methodism

The North Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now the United Methodist Church, was organized one block East on November 30, 1870. It was created from portions of the Memphis, Alabama and Mississippi Conferences - Bishop D. S. ...

Johnson County Revolutionary War Memorial

[ Side One ]

In Honor of All Revolutionary War

Soldiers and Patriots

Buried in Johnson County

Erected

July 2009

[ Side Two ]

—?— (D.A.R. - Crest) —?—

Alexander Hamilton Chapter

Franklin, In.

National Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

Marker is at the intersection ...