First Coal Mine in Illinois
The marker is located on the southeast corner of the courthouse lawn (10th and Chestnut Streets), Murphysboro, IL. The first coal mine in Illinois was located one-half mile south of here along the south bank of the Big Muddy River. William Boone and his indentured servant, a man name Peter, loaded a small raft […]
Elizabeth Jenkins Logan
The marker is located at 1403 Walnut Street and is mounted on the outside wall, facing north, of the First Bank and Trust building which is on the south side of Walnut Street, Murphysboro, IL. Elizabeth Jenkins, born in 1803 in North Carolina, married Dr. John Logan in 1825. When her son, John A. […]
Dr. John Logan
The marker is located on the side of the building at 1101 Walnut Street, Murphysboro, IL. Dr. John Logan, born in Ireland in 1788, came to America with his family in 1793. He moved to Jackson County in 1822 where he married Elizabeth Jenkins. Dr. Logan served four terms in the Illinois Legislature and […]
Daniel Harmon Brush
The marker is located at the intersection of Main Street and Illinois Avenue (Rte. 51), Carbondale, IL. On April 23, 1861, eleven days after Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, the cofounder of Carbondale, Daniel Harmon Brush, called a public meeting on this town square. Brush delivered a patriotic speech in support of the Union. […]
Company H 27th Illinois Infantry
The marker is located on the northeast corner of the Jackson County Court House lawn, 1001 Walnut Street, Murphysboro, IL. In July 1861, J.D. Wheatley of DuQuoin wrote Illinois Governor Richard Yates that a Confederate company was drilling in Murphysboro. A Union officer sent to investigate discovered a group of men in uniforms made of […]
Carbondale College & Southern Illinois College
The marker is located at the Public Safety Center, 501 South Washington Street, Carbondale, IL. The evolution of Southern Illinois University began here in 1856 when Presbyterians founded Carbondale College. Suffering hardships during the Civil War, the College was sold to the First Christian Church in the mid-1860s and renamed Southern Illinois College. The existing […]
Conrad Will of Brownsville
The marker is located on the courthouse lawn, 1001 Walnut Street, Murphysboro, IL. Dr. Conrad Will, the “Father of Jackson County,” was born in Pennsylvania in 1779 and came to Illinois in 1813. He was a physician, but also operated a grist mill, tannery, and salt works. He was one of the founders of Jackson […]
