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WE RECENTLY VISITED ANOTHER COUNTY'S COLLECTION. ON DISPLAY IN A BUILDING THAT
ANOTHER COUNTY'S COLLECTION. ON DISPLAY IN A BUILDING THAT ONCE HOUSED A GENERAL STORE ARE
ON DISPLAY IN A BUILDING THAT ONCE HOUSED A GENERAL STORE ARE THE ITEMS BELONGING TO THE UNION
ONCE HOUSED A GENERAL STORE ARE THE ITEMS BELONGING TO THE UNION COUNTY MUSEUM LOCATED IN COBDEN.
THE ITEMS BELONGING TO THE UNION COUNTY MUSEUM LOCATED IN COBDEN. >>COBDEN WAS LAID OUT IN 1857 AS
COUNTY MUSEUM LOCATED IN COBDEN. >>COBDEN WAS LAID OUT IN 1857 AS A VILLAGE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF
>>COBDEN WAS LAID OUT IN 1857 AS A VILLAGE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRO
A VILLAGE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRO WHICH HAD GONE THROUGH THIS PART
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRO WHICH HAD GONE THROUGH THIS PART OF THE STATE IN ABOUT 1854.
WHICH HAD GONE THROUGH THIS PART OF THE STATE IN ABOUT 1854. AT THE TIME, FRUITS AND
OF THE STATE IN ABOUT 1854. AT THE TIME, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WERE JUST BEGINNING
AT THE TIME, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WERE JUST BEGINNING TO BE RAISED IN THIS AREA.
VEGETABLES WERE JUST BEGINNING TO BE RAISED IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IN
TO BE RAISED IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE FRUITS AND
PEOPLE NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT WERE RAISED
THE QUALITY OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT WERE RAISED HERE.
VEGETABLES THAT WERE RAISED HERE. IT WAS SOON DETERMINED THAT A
HERE. IT WAS SOON DETERMINED THAT A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE
IT WAS SOON DETERMINED THAT A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE SOIL, THE KIND OF SOIL THAT WAS
LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE SOIL, THE KIND OF SOIL THAT WAS HERE IN UNION COUNTY, AND, THEN,
SOIL, THE KIND OF SOIL THAT WAS HERE IN UNION COUNTY, AND, THEN, OF COURSE, TO THE MORE MILD
HERE IN UNION COUNTY, AND, THEN, OF COURSE, TO THE MORE MILD CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE.
OF COURSE, TO THE MORE MILD CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE. PEOPLE FROM NEW ENGLAND AND
CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE. PEOPLE FROM NEW ENGLAND AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED
PEOPLE FROM NEW ENGLAND AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THE GROWING OF ORCHARDS AND
OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THE GROWING OF ORCHARDS AND OF VEGETABLES STARTED COMING TO
IN THE GROWING OF ORCHARDS AND OF VEGETABLES STARTED COMING TO THE AREA.
OF VEGETABLES STARTED COMING TO THE AREA. THEY STARTED EXPERIMENTING,
THE AREA. THEY STARTED EXPERIMENTING, SHIPPING THINGS OUT FOR THE
THEY STARTED EXPERIMENTING, SHIPPING THINGS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, STRAWBERRIES,
SHIPPING THINGS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES, PEACHES, THAT SORT OF
FIRST TIME, STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES, PEACHES, THAT SORT OF THING AND FOUND THAT ALL OF
TOMATOES, PEACHES, THAT SORT OF THING AND FOUND THAT ALL OF THOSE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WERE
THING AND FOUND THAT ALL OF THOSE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WERE READILY RECEIVED PARTICULARLY IN
THOSE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WERE READILY RECEIVED PARTICULARLY IN THE CHICAGO MARKETS.
READILY RECEIVED PARTICULARLY IN THE CHICAGO MARKETS. SO THEY BOUGHT UP A LOT OF LAND
THE CHICAGO MARKETS. SO THEY BOUGHT UP A LOT OF LAND AND THEY DID A LOT OF
SO THEY BOUGHT UP A LOT OF LAND AND THEY DID A LOT OF EXPERIMENTATION.
AND THEY DID A LOT OF EXPERIMENTATION. PARKER EARLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS
EXPERIMENTATION. PARKER EARLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS CREDITED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
PARKER EARLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS CREDITED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD WITH DEVELOPING THE
CREDITED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD WITH DEVELOPING THE PROTOTYPE OF WHAT EVENTUALLY
RAILROAD WITH DEVELOPING THE PROTOTYPE OF WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THE REFRIGERATED RAILROAD
PROTOTYPE OF WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THE REFRIGERATED RAILROAD CAR.
BECAME THE REFRIGERATED RAILROAD CAR. SO COBDEN CAN CLAIM THAT AS THE
CAR. SO COBDEN CAN CLAIM THAT AS THE BIRTHPLACE.
SO COBDEN CAN CLAIM THAT AS THE BIRTHPLACE. OTHER PEOPLE SUCH AS GEORGE EADE
BIRTHPLACE. OTHER PEOPLE SUCH AS GEORGE EADE AND HIS FAMILY, EADE WAS A
OTHER PEOPLE SUCH AS GEORGE EADE AND HIS FAMILY, EADE WAS A MASTER AT DEVELOPING MACHINERY
AND HIS FAMILY, EADE WAS A MASTER AT DEVELOPING MACHINERY AND REPAIRING MACHINERY.
MASTER AT DEVELOPING MACHINERY AND REPAIRING MACHINERY. HE DEVELOPED THE STAPLING
AND REPAIRING MACHINERY. HE DEVELOPED THE STAPLING MACHINE WHICH WAS USED TO
HE DEVELOPED THE STAPLING MACHINE WHICH WAS USED TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE BASKETS AND
MACHINE WHICH WAS USED TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE BASKETS AND STRAWBERRY QUARTER CONTAINERS.
ACTUALLY CLOSE THE BASKETS AND STRAWBERRY QUARTER CONTAINERS. PRIOR TO THAT, TAXES WERE USED.
STRAWBERRY QUARTER CONTAINERS. PRIOR TO THAT, TAXES WERE USED. IN THE EARLY 1890'S, WITH THE
PRIOR TO THAT, TAXES WERE USED. IN THE EARLY 1890'S, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT MACHINE, IT
IN THE EARLY 1890'S, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT MACHINE, IT TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED BASKET
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT MACHINE, IT TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED BASKET MAKING.
TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED BASKET MAKING. BARREL MAKING WAS ALSO VERY
MAKING. BARREL MAKING WAS ALSO VERY PROMINENT HERE.
BARREL MAKING WAS ALSO VERY PROMINENT HERE. SO YOU HAD A LOT OF VARIOUS
PROMINENT HERE. SO YOU HAD A LOT OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES TO GROW THROUGHOUT
SO YOU HAD A LOT OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
INDUSTRIES TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AS A RESULT OF THE PROMINENCE OF
THE COUNTY. AS A RESULT OF THE PROMINENCE OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
AS A RESULT OF THE PROMINENCE OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. THE MUSEUM WAS ORIGINALLY
THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. THE MUSEUM WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 1861 BY MY
THE MUSEUM WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 1861 BY MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS BROTHER.
FOUNDED IN 1861 BY MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS BROTHER. MY GRANDFATHER WAS AMATEUR ARE
GRANDFATHER AND HIS BROTHER. MY GRANDFATHER WAS AMATEUR ARE KEY OG GIFT.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS AMATEUR ARE KEY OG GIFT. HE WENT OUT AND DUG UP INDIAN
KEY OG GIFT. HE WENT OUT AND DUG UP INDIAN ARTIFACTS.
HE WENT OUT AND DUG UP INDIAN ARTIFACTS. HIS COLLECTION GREW SO BIG HE
ARTIFACTS. HIS COLLECTION GREW SO BIG HE NEEDED A PLACE TO PUT THOSE.
HIS COLLECTION GREW SO BIG HE NEEDED A PLACE TO PUT THOSE. OUT OF HIS OWN EXPENSE, HE
NEEDED A PLACE TO PUT THOSE. OUT OF HIS OWN EXPENSE, HE BOUGHT A BUILDING IN TOWN AND
OUT OF HIS OWN EXPENSE, HE BOUGHT A BUILDING IN TOWN AND STARTED HOUSING HIS INDIAN
BOUGHT A BUILDING IN TOWN AND STARTED HOUSING HIS INDIAN ARTIFACT COLLECTION.
STARTED HOUSING HIS INDIAN ARTIFACT COLLECTION. THEN LOTS OF LOCAL PEOPLE LOANED
ARTIFACT COLLECTION. THEN LOTS OF LOCAL PEOPLE LOANED AND DONATED THINGS THROUGHOUT
THEN LOTS OF LOCAL PEOPLE LOANED AND DONATED THINGS THROUGHOUT YEAR UNLESS IT GREW TO THIS HUGE
AND DONATED THINGS THROUGHOUT YEAR UNLESS IT GREW TO THIS HUGE MUSEUM WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE
YEAR UNLESS IT GREW TO THIS HUGE MUSEUM WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION.
MUSEUM WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION. AFTER MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY
COLLECTION. AFTER MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY IN THE 80'S, I CONTINUED THE
AFTER MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY IN THE 80'S, I CONTINUED THE MUSM AND A RELATIONSHIP
IN THE 80'S, I CONTINUED THE MUSM AND A RELATIONSHIP BETWEENHE UNION COUNTY
MUSM AND A RELATIONSHIP BETWEENHE UNION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANT MUSEUM
BETWEENHE UNION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANT MUSEUM DEVELOPED, AND IN 2006,
HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANT MUSEUM DEVELOPED, AND IN 2006, EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OVER
DEVELOPED, AND IN 2006, EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OVER OFFICIALLY TO THE HISTORICAL
EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OVER OFFICIALLY TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AFTER THEY HAD RENOVATED
OFFICIALLY TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AFTER THEY HAD RENOVATED A BUILDING THAT THEY RECEIVED IN
SOCIETY AFTER THEY HAD RENOVATED A BUILDING THAT THEY RECEIVED IN 1987.
A BUILDING THAT THEY RECEIVED IN 1987. IT JUST KIND OF GREW AND
1987. IT JUST KIND OF GREW AND BLOSSOMED INTO WHAT YOU SEE
IT JUST KIND OF GREW AND BLOSSOMED INTO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY, AND HISTORICAL SAL HAS
BLOSSOMED INTO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY, AND HISTORICAL SAL HAS ADDED ONTO THE VARIOUS
TODAY, AND HISTORICAL SAL HAS ADDED ONTO THE VARIOUS COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE
ADDED ONTO THE VARIOUS COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS
COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS VERY ACTIVE IN PRESERVING UNION
AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS VERY ACTIVE IN PRESERVING UNION COUNTY HERE AND PROMOTING COUNTY
VERY ACTIVE IN PRESERVING UNION COUNTY HERE AND PROMOTING COUNTY HISTORY.
COUNTY HERE AND PROMOTING COUNTY HISTORY. WE PURCHASED AND RECEIVE LOTS OF
HISTORY. WE PURCHASED AND RECEIVE LOTS OF DONATIONS DEALING WITH LOCAL
WE PURCHASED AND RECEIVE LOTS OF DONATIONS DEALING WITH LOCAL HISTORY.
DONATIONS DEALING WITH LOCAL HISTORY. >> AT THE TIME THAT THE
HISTORY. >> AT THE TIME THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAME
>> AT THE TIME THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAME INVOLVED, HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD
HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAME INVOLVED, HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD A LOT OF ARTIFACTS AS WELL AND
INVOLVED, HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD A LOT OF ARTIFACTS AS WELL AND NO PLACE TO STORE THEM.
A LOT OF ARTIFACTS AS WELL AND NO PLACE TO STORE THEM. WHAT WE BASICALLY DID IN 2006,
NO PLACE TO STORE THEM. WHAT WE BASICALLY DID IN 2006, WHEN THE THOMAS FAMILY DONATED
WHAT WE BASICALLY DID IN 2006, WHEN THE THOMAS FAMILY DONATED THE CONTENTS OF THE COBDEN
WHEN THE THOMAS FAMILY DONATED THE CONTENTS OF THE COBDEN MUSEUM TO THE HISTORICAL
THE CONTENTS OF THE COBDEN MUSEUM TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THEN WE MESHED THOSE
MUSEUM TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THEN WE MESHED THOSE COLLECTIONS, AND THEN PUT OUT
SOCIETY, THEN WE MESHED THOSE COLLECTIONS, AND THEN PUT OUT FOR DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL
COLLECTIONS, AND THEN PUT OUT FOR DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE BEST OF ALL THOSE
FOR DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE BEST OF ALL THOSE COLLECTIONS.
PUBLIC THE BEST OF ALL THOSE COLLECTIONS. WE HAVE ROTATING EXHIBITS DURING
COLLECTIONS. WE HAVE ROTATING EXHIBITS DURING THE YEAR, USUALLY THREE OR FOUR
WE HAVE ROTATING EXHIBITS DURING THE YEAR, USUALLY THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS SO
THE YEAR, USUALLY THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE IN THE AREA --
DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE IN THE AREA -- YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME, THEY
THAT WHEN PEOPLE IN THE AREA -- YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME, THEY DON'T SEE JUST THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME, THEY DON'T SEE JUST THE SAME THING. WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS OUT ON
DON'T SEE JUST THE SAME THING. WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS OUT ON DISPLAY.
TO REACH THE UNION COUNTY MUSEUM IN COBDEN CALL 618-893-2865 >>