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Babylon
Babylon's Iron Bridge  - H
Pictures by Crystal Hardesty

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Bernadotte
Located on the famous Spoon River Bernadotte is the site of the only dam on Spoon River. The original dam was built in 1830 for the mills to use and the falls you see today were built to generate electricity for the former Camp Ellis, an army camp built in this vicinity in 1943. It is a favorite spot for picnickers and fisherman. The old iron bridge is now a walking bridge with a beautiful view up and down the Spoon River. Canoers’ love to canoe past the old iron bridge on the Spoon River located near North County Highway 2 and East County Highway 14.

August Bernadotte Annual Fish Fry 11 am until fish is gone Contact
309-753-8809 for information - Y
Bernadotte Bridge - H
Bernadotte Bridge, Spillway Dam, Providence Church - H
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive - First two weekends of October - Y

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Isabell Township, the 1892 Town Hall
Photos of the Duncan Mills area.

Fairview is rare among many small rural towns and villages withmany active businesses still operating in the old and picturesque business district. There is a restaurant, small grocery and butcher shop, library, insurance office, an accent and decor shop and a large antique store.

The unusual design of the octagon-shaped Fairview Village Hall can be seen by visitors to Fairview when visiting Fairview.

Reformed Church, oldest Reformed Church West of the Alleghenies - H
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive - First two weekends of October - Y

Spoon River Drive Sleigh  - H
Esther's Place -A&C
Pictures of Fairview - H

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Farmington Carnegie Library 309-245-2175
Farmington All Wars Memorial - Reed Park - H
Old School Center - H
Farmer’s Market Bank of Farmington parking lot - Every Friday from June to August
7 am to mid morning.
Farmington’s Italian Fest Jacob’s Park Farmington Sports, Talent Contest
Sponsored by: the Farmington Chamber of Commerce Contact 309-245-2441 September- Y
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive - First two weekends of October - Y
Underground Railroad Home, South Main Street - H

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The Lewistown Society also has a continuing project of restoring the old Fulton County Railroad Narrow Gauge Railroad Station located one block west of the Northwest corner of the public square in Lewistown.

The Oak Hill Cemetery which is located west of Illinois Highway 97 in the north part of Lewistown is another visitor attraction located in Lewistown. Oak Hill Cemetery is located relatively near the Masters Home and was undoubtedly a major influence on his Spoon River Anthology.

Lewistown achieved several “firsts” in the State of Illinois including the first American Legion Post, the first Volunteer Fire Protection District and Central Illinois’s first newspaper, the Fulton Democrat. Lewistown offers a number of stores and shops to provide area residents and visitors shopping opportunities.

While in Lewistown visit our two museums.

The Rasmussen Blacksmith Shop is an authentic preservation of a turn of the century working shop. Nels Rasmussen an emigrate ttom Denmark started the shop in 1893 on Main Street near the downtown business area of Lewistown. After Nels death the shop was then operated by his son Don until his death in 1969 and was the oldest operating proprietorship owned by the same family in Lewistown. The shop was then acquired by the Society to preserve this part of early craftsmanship. During the operation of the shop buggy making, wheels and as steel wheel were produced along with the horse shoeing and other forge and anvil work. The pulleys and shafts are still overhead that powered the grinders, buffers and other equipment of the shop. The Rasmussen Blacksmith Shop appears today much as it did the last day of operation by the Rasmussen's—an unchanged look at a trade and technology of bygone days.

The Fulton County Narrow Gauge Railroad museum building is the last reminder of this railroad system. The depot is located on the comer of Washington and Jefferson in Lewistown. The narrow gauge railroad ran ttom 1878 to 1905. The route extended for 61 miles ttom Galesburg to West Havana with stops at Levingston, DeLong, London Mills, Oak Mound, Fairview, Bybee, Fiatt, Put Creek, Cuba, Phillips, Lewistown, Sepo and Havana. The site as an added attraction is the home of a caboose which is available for tours.

Fulton County Courthouse - H
Carnegie Library
Carillon Music, Lewistown United Methodist Church
Central IL Dirt Riders Assn. Hare Scrambles Contact 309 647 3009
Dickson Mounds Museum, 4 miles Southeast of Lewistown, 309-547-3721 - H, A&C
Hickory Ridge Coffeehouse Performance Dickson Mounds Museum 7:30 pm
Adults $4.00 Children $2.00
Fulton County Playhouse, 309-647-6032 - A&C
Edgar Lee Masters Information, 309-547-2860
Glen Hillig Lawn Mower Poker Run Second Weekend of September - Y
Mountain Dulcimer Workshops Dickson Mounds Museum
Beginners and Advanced Contact Steve Endsley 309 668 2362 - A&C
Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot 547-4300 - H
Old Fulton County Courthouse Pillars, Oak Hill Cemetery - H
Rasmussen Blacksmith Shop Museum 309-547-4300 - H
Self guided historic tour available 309-547-4300 - H
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive - First two weekends of October - Y
Waterford 1839 School 309-547-3721 - H
Rasmussen Museum - H
Dickson Mounds State Museum is just a few mile north-east of Lewistown on Illinois Rt. 78 & 97. - H
Museum Homepage: http://museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/homepage.htm

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Little America

Dickson Mounds State Museum is just a few mile east of Little America on
Illinois Rt. 78 & 97. - H
Museum Homepage: http://museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/homepage.htm

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Fishing the Illinois River - R
Larry and Sharon Rilea - R
His River of Life Churh - R

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Maple Mills

Marbletown

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Marietta

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Middlegrove Clair School - H
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive - First two weekends of October - Y

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Sepo

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Table Grove 61482

The Village of Table Grove lies near the western boundary of Fulton County and on U.S. Highway #136 seventeen miles east of Macomb, Illinois which is the home of Western Illinois University. Table Grove has a rich colorful history. It was first platted in May of 1837 as Laurel Hill. In July of 1881, it became the Village of Table Grove. Table Grove lies in the eastern portion of the prime farm land of West Central Illinois and served the surrounding farm population for many years as a trading center. As family farms consolidated and agriculture underwent changes toward larger farms with increased mechanization, the importance of Table Grove as a trade and service center for farm families declined as it has for most small towns and villages in the heart of rural America.

The 2000 census population of Table Grove was 396; a great turn downward from those days of yyesteryear when it was over twice that figure. Table Grove is incorporated as an Illinois village and is governed by a Village Board of Trustees and Village President. The Village of Table Grove lies in the V.I.T. School District which also includes the Villages of Ipava and Vermont along with the community of Bernadotte which is on the Spoon River. The Village population consists of a large number of retired persons and a large number of working people who commute to Macomb, Peoria or Beardstown to work at various jobs.

The Village owns and maintains a spacious and beautiful Village Park lying at the west edge of the Village. The Table Grove Community Church, on the National Register of Historic Places, serves as a center of focus for the community’s religious and social activities. The church is pictured to the right. The businesses which still operate in Table Grove are few; the bank, an insurance agency, a beauty shop, the Post Office, a dog kennel, a tire and farm store and a convenience store are the community’s businesses. The Table Grove community is serviced by Mid-Century Telephone Cooperative which provides a full range of telephone and communications services including DSL internet connections.

The building and operation of Camp Ellis during World War II produced an exciting chapter in the history of Table Grove. Camp Ellis changed the community drastically and very quickly as the area made its contribution to our Nation’s war efforts in the 1940’s. In the history pages of this site, some of the information and history related to Camp Ellis may be
found.

Table Grove Community Church - on National Registar - H

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Ross Hotel Museum
London Mill, IL

Morel Mania
Spoon River Scenic Drive 2009
London Mill, IL

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