Ellis Grove City Historical Markers

Map of Illinois State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Ellis Grove

Ellis Grove City Historical Markers

Ellis Grove General Interest

Chester-Kaskaskia, Illinois

Shadrach Bond, first Governor of Illinois (1818-1822), is buried in Evergreen Cemetry in Chester. The first recorded settler in the area was John McFe... [click for more]

The American Bottom

A more congenial soil for general cultivation I believe no where exists, it may be called the Elysium of America.' That is how a settler in 1817 ... [click for more]