Mattoon High School - Riddle Yearbook (Mattoon, IL)

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IIIIIIIUVS ot' at 1':1il1'o:ul tlriftwl tln-ongh in lS52, :intl in 'SIL tln- Illinois ilt'llfI'2ll stalrtwl lmiltling its iron 1-oml whit-In was tlvstinml to rnn IIIPUIIQII Mnttoon. 3I9ZlllWllll0, in Intliztnzl, tlw t-onsti'nt-- tion Ctllllllilllj' of l'l1vIps. Mzlttoon, und I'l2lI'llPS lwgzln lztyingg tlw trucks :intl driving the spikes of zmotln-1' rnili-o:ul to strott-li from 'l'01'1'o IIZIIIIP to Alton, Illinois. When tlw Illinois Central I'tPIlit' lwvzlilw wi'- tnin in 1854, at stztlcv wus tlriwn into the ground wln-rv the two i-nili-owls wonltl 1-ross. The ltllltl owners of this t'0llllllllllIf,V nwt :intl 4l4'ft'l'llllllPtI that :lt tho 1-rossing tlwy would lnniltl il town. William Mammn -Iolln Mwulows t'ron1 flllillu leston. SlII'Vl'j'1'tI this st-1-tion in Ibcvolnilwr, 1854. In tlw following spring the lots were stalked off. :incl for two Awaits the lmlmy village was 1-:tllwl l'0g1town. With shovels and picks, these brawny men built a. railroad that spanned the prairie. ii . 1:: 'I' 'I I Al ' Qglpgc' :F 5. -,es T-,.,gf ff? ,s X ig if fi i wsaffi we 72 ., A is 2 5, Jsl Meg, 1' A ' 5 fi' ' ' I, .gn .1 ,gm , ! -if K Kg? I try.. I I 754 -Ifllllll I- s 5 Ill X' ' ll jill it 5 Ei' '- , flip I Ori' YZAE, L , xl 5 -lil f ffjfff I , X ffrriffeffvvj 1 in-, it In 'll 'tl' 'WP is - -Y H Jr, tgciissii. Mtg, w 5,g,pi 2 M 42 e ,-5 ' X X ,? K A q ir' p- f xl ,fffff 'girls - iii I taxis e , is irwgft I ' lx zffzfffn f Q-I 4- I sa' e l? I 'I ' fi x 'Ill W4 f ,I Q 3 MQW -2 S ff f ,gt I ft A 75 I . amz if, fx!! H X ,t s ,. -i4 -f X 2 -,, av: K ,,!,, A , fig f ,'QlA,::m,y -- ,I-args' .- - , Qfffk iff, I M255 A fbi l - 64'-f -...A J - 1 at ff f Ky N V 5' ?:1.,,,-I 7 ,Q fl? , l fi H 'Q Compliments of Dr. L. R. Cantwell, Optomefrisf.

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-QQ 50.10, , 'Er- - I -fxiuv 1,4 -2 - ' 9 Tho tzlll. lilllt' Nll'lIlllIl'll przlil-iv grass, gl'l'UNYiIlQ' high as Il lll2lll.N lwzul vmw-l'wl ilu gm-r1tl'v rolling Izlml. 'l'ln-re wvrv no womls or slmuilx g'r'0vvs. Um- vlm s lllill'k Ilw frail ul' ilu- 1'm'4-11-sl WRlj,L'UlI. U'ilIl lllv Yuim- nl' zlllvvll llll'U vzlllingg Ilwm, llllx first pimlm-rs svlllwl in Polos f'1YllllfY In lhm- I-liu Iwc-ntlw , . . . ltllllllblwll wlill Illllm- num-4 Ilmn llll'il' l'lllIl'IlQt' un-I dn Il'l'llllll2ltlUIl. llugv sv! zulmul lmiluling Hll'il' llibll sos, 1'l'Vl'l ing lilllv log t'Illll'1'lIt'S Zlllil sm-lumix. :uul vstzllnlislliug' an l'UlllllllIlllt'Y. At 32nd and Western Avenue, the Lone Elm stood as a monument to the pioneer days of Mattoon. Y ii' Q'-s., :.J- Q-- sfhu .1 ,,'-f ' di., .-ff'- J'-f 1 3 wx U Cw,f' -1 v Sponsored by Maftoon Electric Supply Company lmul in A.

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Erected in 1856, this grocery store stood at 1529 Broadway. A lot snlo was hold the following dny tlllll :xfte-r that vvvlits lmppviwd tlllif'liI'Y. Malt- toon wzls an lbtitilllillg little town, bursting.: with l'lli'l'g,Y :ind growing like :I weed. In loss than three nionths the population had jllllllwtl to illl't'Pl1llll1il'Ptl. and in 1856, more than ont- hundred hnildings stood wht-ro the talll prairie grass had 'rown. 2' In those first few yours, Blilfttbllll was wide open - for zmgvtliing. The doors of il llilif dozen snloons W1-rv swinging day and LQ3 ' jr ' 1 Y ir f all ,U G,xhQ y 'AH ' X ZH .. .. I I - 4 L. if U f ., ' x r W I r f ,S-J Bin J 5 Q 'XJ 'Im K I l I -L ., w Y , X .1 J, 5,41 night. lizunlrling. vzlrd plnyillgj, horso raving, and vvon innrdur wont on nnpnnishvd - illld ll02ll'l'V nnnotirod! Yes, those were wild days, lint before long' Mnttoon IDOQEIII to strvtrh its legs and look around. The good iIlflll0lll'l'S started to tzlko over, and soon Mnttoon sotllvd down to being :1 good little prai- rio town. In the earliest days of Mat- toon, Ichabod Jennings built this house for his bride. Best Wishes - Provinzano Studio