New Salem

The historic village of New Salem lies two miles to the north. The founders of New Salem believed it would someday become a great river port like St. Louis or Cincinnati. ironically, the town vanished after just ten years, being ...

The New Salem Lincoln League

The New Salem Lincoln League

Dedicates this Memorial in Honor of

William Randolph Hearst

Who in 1906 purchased the site of New Salem

for the Old Salem Chautauqua Association.

In 1918, with the consent of Mr. Hearst,

this tract was transferred to the State of Illinois

thereby ...

Greater New Salem Primitive Baptist Church

New Salem Primitive Baptist Church came into existence from its "mother church," Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church in Tampa. Rev. G.S. Crawford, from east Florida, organized New Salem in 1905, which first held services in a one-room building on ...

New Salem Presbyterian Church

Oct. 25, 1796, Revs. John McMillan & Thos. Marquis dispensed N.W. of Ohio River to found church. 1797 services first held in tent then in log church nearby. Erected in 1850, the present building is their first church.

Marker is on ...