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Willits School

MONMOUTH SCHOOL’S NAMESAKE GOT LITTLE RESPECT When Elias Willits died in 1881 at the age of 55, he was a

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1953 Building Boom

MONMOUTH’S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING BOOM OF 1953 Our future economic prosperity may lie in the tech and service industries, but 65

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Ogle Furniture

MONMOUTH ENTREPRENEUR BUILT EARLY FURNITURE EMPIRE Anyone within driving distance of Kewanee, Illinois, is familiar with Good’s Furniture, which through

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Kirkwood

HOW YOUNG AMERICA BECAME KIRKWOOD Changing one’s name, either through marriage or by personal preference, is a rather straightforward process,

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Daniel McNeil

BORN ADVENTURER LEFT HIS STAMP ON MONMOUTH From the time he settled in Warren County as a young man in

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Woman Photographer

PIONEER WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER BEGAN IN ROSEVILLE I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the Roseville Women’s Club, an organization

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Queenola Talking Machine

THE QUEENOLA TALKING MACHINE I recently received an inquiry from Monmouth College professor and antiques buff Mike Connell about an

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Idaho Chief Justice

MONMOUTH ATTORNEY BUILT BRILLIANT LEGAL CAREER IN IDAHO Prior to the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, New York

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Local Air Mail

THE DAY LOCAL PILOTS DELIVERED AIR MAIL I first heard stories about Monmouth’s remarkable role in the development of aviation

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