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The Van Wert County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in downtown Van Wert, Ohio, United States. Located at 121 E. Main Street, the courthouse is a Second Empire structure built in 1876.[1] It is Van Wert County's third courthouse: when the county was established, the village of Willshire was designated the county seat; Van Wert was made the seat in 1838,[2] and a courthouse-and-jail complex was built in that community in the following year.
A view of W. Washington St. on the north side of the square across from the Fulton County Courthouse in Lewistown. The large, somewhat deteriorated building on the corner is the former Beadles Opera House, also known as the Beadles Block. Constructed in 1876, the building is mixed use with both commercial and office space.
Lewistown, the county seat, is best known as the source of Spoon River Anthology (1915) by Edgar Lee Masters, who lived there. The anthology is a collection of short, free-verse poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named after the real Spoon River, which runs near Lewistown. In fact, many of the characters in Spoon River Anthology are based upon actual people who lived in the towns of Lewistown and Petersburg. Likewise, many of the places in Spoon River are inspired by real places in the city of Lewistown.
Which brings us back to Beadles Opera House. In real life, Edgar Lee Masters' father had a law office on the second story of this building and, while in his teenage years, Masters could be seen here often. In Spoon River Anthology, Beadles' Opera House is Bindles' Opera House, described as a weather beaten building on the north side of the courthouse square. All I can say is that 105 years after the anthology was published, the building is still standing and it is still as weather beaten as ever!
Lewistown's population in 2019 was estimated at 2,146. The estimated population of Fulton County in 2018 was 34,844.
The public library in Lewistown is a Carnegie Library that was built in 1906 at an approximate cost of $6,500. The Carnegie grant in the amount of $5,400 that made this project possible is one of the 105 Carnegie grants in various amounts made to Illinois communities between 1900-1916.
Lewistown, the Fulton County seat, is best known as the source of Spoon River Anthology (1915) by Edgar Lee Masters, who lived there from the age of 12 until he was about 25 and moved to Chicago to practice law. The anthology is a collection of short, free-verse poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named after the real Spoon River, which runs near Lewistown. In fact, many of the characters in Spoon River Anthology are based upon actual people who lived in the towns of Lewistown and Petersburg. Likewise, many of the places in Spoon River are inspired by real places in the city of Lewistown.
Many of those who lived in the Spoon River region objected to their portrayal in the anthology. The book was banned from Lewistown schools and libraries until 1974. Even Masters's mother, who sat on the Lewistown library board, voted for the ban. (Masters claimed "My mother disliked [the anthology]; my father adored it."
Despite this, the anthology remained widely read in Lewistown; local historian Kelvin Sampson notes that "Every family in Lewistown probably had a sheet of paper or a notebook hidden away with their copy of the Anthology, saying who was who in town."
Lewistown's population in 2019 was estimated at 2,146. The estimated population of Fulton County in 2018 was 34,844.
The Van Wert County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in downtown Van Wert, Ohio, United States. Located at 121 E. Main Street, the courthouse is a Second Empire structure built in 1876.[1] It is Van Wert County's third courthouse: when the county was established, the village of Willshire was designated the county seat; Van Wert was made the seat in 1838,[2] and a courthouse-and-jail complex was built in that community in the following year.
The building's main entry is set in the middle of the front tower. After walking through the vestibule, one can turn immediately to the left and climb a staircase to the second-story courtroom. Extensive artwork is present in the courtroom, including murals of interactions between Indians and Americans during the county's earliest years, multiple oil paintings, and wood carvings, plus a dome with stained glass.
Mammoth Spring State Park
Mammoth Spring Arkansas
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The dam was originally used to supply a grist mill until 1925 when the Arkansas-Missouri Power Company bought the property and built an electric plant to supply electric to the surrounding area. The plant is now a museum and open to the public.
Pelicans at Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area Fulton County, Illinois.
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Mammoth Spring State Park
Mammoth Spring Arkansas
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Photo taken April 19, 2021
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
A Victorian style depot operated by the Frisco Railroad from 1906 to 1980 when Frisco was merged with Burlington. The building is now a museum and open to the public.
The Van Wert County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in downtown Van Wert, Ohio, United States. Located at 121 E. Main Street, the courthouse is a Second Empire structure built in 1876.
Downtown
Mammoth Spring Arkansas
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Looking east down Main Street in Mammoth Springs Arkansas. The sky is full of fluffy clouds, buildings are colorful. The structures are from the early 20th century but still serve the retail needs of this tourist town.
I really like this one, so much so that I just made a print. It looks so much better in print. All the little details. Like the signage.
Large is pretty good too. So is viewing it here.
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Today is my Birthday.
Wanna know what I got for a present?
A job!
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Mammoth Spring State Park
Mammoth Spring Arkansas
A National Natural Landmark
Photo taken April 19, 2021
With an average flow of nine million gallons of water per hour, Mammoth spring is one of the largest springs in the world.
Red-eared Slider at Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area in Fulton County, Canton, Illinois. Taken September 17, 2022.
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The building's main entry is set in the middle of the front tower. After walking through the vestibule, one can turn immediately to the left and climb a staircase to the second-story courtroom. Extensive artwork is present in the courtroom, including murals of interactions between Indians and Americans during the county's earliest years, multiple oil paintings, and wood carvings, plus a dome with stained glass
Pelicans at Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area Fulton County, Illinois.
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Fulton County erected this handsome, neoclassical-style courthouse in 1897-98 using the architectural designs of Charles E. Bell. Bell designed a number of other courthouses throughout the United States including Fulton County's sister courthouse, the Woodford County Courthouse in Eureka, Illinois. The courthouse is the fourth to serve Fulton County.
Fulton County, located in central Illinois southwest of Peoria, is named for Robert Fulton, the first successful builder of steamboats on American waters. The county seat of Lewistown is best known as the source of Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, who lived here.
Lewistown population in 2019 was estimated at 2,146. The estimated population of Fulton County in 2018 was 34,844.
After a week of temperatures below freezing, there was plenty of ice along the cascades of Vickery Creek below Roswell Mill Dam on January 6th.
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Mid-day shot of a Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) at Chattahoochee Nature Center in Atlanta, GA.
Jim D Baker and I came upon this place just outside of Beradotte, Illinois. Cattle were settled down in this barn (with a few still outside in the fenced area) for the night with only an ocassional bellow as the setting sun turned the clouds into molten lava.
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Taken at Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge in Fulton County, Illinois.
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