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B. C. H, S.-E X 6160111 The Bakel house xxas bullt of lofs pl tstcred xx ltll oldlnlrx mud and serxed as taxeln grocelx coulthouse and clell. s othce untll a nexx court house xxas bullt The slte had been g1X6I1 the tentatlxe name ot Wash 1I1gL0ll but the state leglslature meetlng ln Vandalla ln DQCCITUJGI 1830 passed an act locatlng the countx seat fOl VlcDonough and glxlng thls county seat the name ot Macomb There has nex 91 been any attempt to have 1tS name changed Three coulthouses haxe been bullt at dlffel ent stxges ln Macomb s nlstoly all belng erected on th s lme locatlon xxhele the present one stands tod xy Contlacts for the present C0l,l1tllOllSQ were let IH 1868 Togethel xxlth lts furnlshlngs the plesent structure cost alound 51.10000 lhe plan tor the clty ol M xcomb vxa glx en by James Campbell plon eel storekeeper xx hose home xx 18 the second lllllldlflg elected ln Macomb The unusual llrangement oi the streets entellng the coulthouse square md the lest of the lay out ol the clty xx ere C0p19d dlrectly tl om the ground plan oi Mr Campbells home clty Fl mkfort ky Just aftel the fOLlHdlI1g' of the toxxn cxme the gre lt snoxx Por tlll e days and TllglltS the snoxx fell plllllg' up to f0lll teen feet on the lexel and ln drlfted places stlll deepel Some lllNt0I'lGS tell oi chlldlen 111 the lat 60 s xxalklng to school on top ot the lce 9flClLlSt8d snoxx ox 91 the tops ol fences Lducatlon ln Wlacomb began ln 1834 xx hen l one room one XNIIICIOXX log sc lool hou e xx as opened as 1 pllx ate school Elch pupll s tLlltlO1 cost l'ln'lllx IH 1899 Westeln Illlnols State Normal School noxx liYl0XXll as W estern Illlnols State College xx ls establlshed on 1 clmpus ot 'IDDIOXI matelv 70 acles on the edge of the cltx The college has prospered anl grovxn no numbellnff some 1 x00 students md sponsollng 1 Tlalnlng School for grade school puplls IH COHHQCLIOII Wltll the college teacher tldlll lng pl ogram In place of the one room schoolhouse XI1C0lHb noxx l'1s flu gl ll schools one DdI'0Clll21l one Jllllllll Hlgll School lnd a QGHIOI Illfrh Qchool Ill addltlon to the Tlalnlng Qchool at the college ls lff'lClllt fOl people ol tl ls rl accustomed to the plesent 7 mlles of paxed streets ln Nlacomb the electllc street llqllts and the ce ment sldexxalks to lS'lllZ6 the DllmltlXt C'Ul1ClltlOllS YXlllCh exlsted ln 18m xx hen Nlacomb xxas lI1COlD0l'lt9d l 1 cltx Candles Ol oll lamps x ele used lndoor xxhlle lanterns xxele callled xx hen people xx ele out on the stleet lt nlght The filst stl et llQ'l1Ts xxele gl tended hx men xxho xxellt 'lbr ut GHIIX IH the ex enlng to llght them and 122111 latel to GXt1llQ'lllNll them the stleets helng dalk flom Illldlllgllt on Lllltll the ple ert allnlgl f electllc llghts vxere lnstalled S s X C N l X , 2 - A. . K, ' gy, Zh, X -' . ' 2 2 . S Y K- ' Q - Y -Ulf, 1 . K. , .. 1 . - L. . - . - K . . I . , . 2 C - , . Lv , . si, 1, I I ' . . 1 Q I . , v Q ' . ' C A K ' , 2 Y ' v 1 xv 2 s 1 K. L. . K. v ' ' . fa , . L Y . K, I. , . A rf, ' Q ,, . . . , . , 4 2 's ' - ' 1 , - 9 . K. 2 K. .2 A A. , ' . ' ' A1 2 1 r X- K1 w' . ks y , Z D K' - . . V . . .. 1 ' 7. ' -. ' . , c , . ' ' ' 2 A 2 Q '. ' 'e . K. ' A , Y . ' . , i ' 'Av vf ' A ' , ' , - . K. . Q - s . ' A ,.,c 1 - , c ' , - lllS parents one dollar ln cash and three dollars IH merchandlse 01' produce. Y C LY, 1 -1 . K' C L. . , V s Y rss , '2. 5 - . 2 2 .' 2 ' .' - , xl U L ,- . . 4 . . c , - Q .' . 2 ' 23 ' H '1.r e .' . , ' ' , A ' 1 . 2 ' K ' ,. K ' It d' ' - ' l'.- av. 2 - s ' L3 ' . ' . ' ' 2 2s2 ' '. ' ' 6 ' S ' All . ' K . . I s .' - - . X V I. . Q 2 ' . ' 3 'e ' 5 ' ' as. ' L' ' ' 2 2 ' K' . v . 1 2 ' .v V' . J . L ' . . ' ' ' ' - S I . 1. 1
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