By Troy Taylor, Lisa Taylor Horton
Haunted Jacksonville
History & Hauntings of the "Athens of the West"
by Troy Taylor and Lisa Taylor Horton
More than a hundred and fifty years in the past, Jacksonville was once dubbed the “Athens of the West” via the settlers who carved it from the prairie land of the Illinois. It used to be a spot of upper studying, tradition, historical past – and hauntings. Over the many years, town has been domestic to 3 Illinois governors, presidential nominees, and holds a distinct position in heritage because the domestic of the “Big Eli,” the world’s first moveable Ferris Wheel. It additionally holds an odd position in America’s supernatural heritage. In 1847, Jacksonville turned domestic to the Illinois nation Asylum and health center for the Insane. It used to be right here in 1865 younger girl named Mary Roff died lower than mysterious conditions. greater than 12 years later, Mary’s spirit allegedly possessed the physique of a tender woman named Lurancy Vennum and have become often called the “Watseka Wonder,” a phenomenon that is still essentially the most documented supernatural occasions of all time.
Join writer Troy Taylor and Jacksonville local Lisa Taylor Horton as they discover the background and hauntings of the “Athens of the West,” probably the most mysterious cities in Illinois. inside those pages, they’ll demonstrate the heritage of the hauntings that also linger in Jacksonville and should usually reveal the genuine tales at the back of the stories which were a part of neighborhood lore for generations. This chilling quantity comprises vintage money owed of Jacksonville’s recognized and little-known haunted areas like Illinois university, MacMurray university, The Emporium, Hockenhull construction, Dunlap resort, the genuine tale of the Jacksonville Theatre Guild and masses extra! It units the checklist immediately on lots of Jacksonville’s most renowned haunts – proving that fact rather is far stranger than fiction!
Inspired through the preferred Haunted Jacksonville excursions, this booklet tells the tale of ways the town grew to become so haunted and earned its popularity as one of many spookiest areas in Illinois. It’s a narrative you won’t quickly forget!
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The meeting was held on February 23, 1843. A resolution was adopted condemning Julius Willard, Samuel Willard, Ebenezer Carter, Chauncey W. Carter and others for their part in the affair, and they promised in the future to protect the property of their acquaintances in the South. Pro-slavery activists planned to form an Anti-Negro Stealing Society and urge Missouri newspapers to print their resolutions so that slaveholders would know that there was an opposing force at work in Jacksonville. In the end, the Anti-Negro Stealing Society had little effect on the work being done by local abolitionists, and the Underground Railroad continued to operate in the city and in the surrounding area.
The loss of the University of Illinois seemed to take the fight out of the city. There is no record of Jacksonville making a concerted effort for Illinois State University or Western Illinois University, two schools that could have fit nicely in town. In fact, Jacksonville seemed to resign itself to being a county seat and a premier city of learning. The city seemed to turn its lack of success into a virtue and made it a stable and comfortable place to live, do business, and learn. Besides, there was no greater school of higher learning in the state at the time than Illinois College.
In those days, almost no one on the prairie had money. The settlers made their own clothing by tanning the hides of deer and cattle for shoes while women with spinning wheels and looms produced trousers, shirts and dresses. They grew their own food, or hunted it in the forests, and the small farms provided eggs, milk, and butter. In the general stores, the settlers could trade any surplus goods for whiskey, sugar, salt, tools, crockery, or coffee. But as idyllic as this all sounds, the frontier was not without its dangers.