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Obery Farms celebrates 150 years in Metamora, with a video teaser and photos more than…
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The Schrepfer family homestead is located on what is now the Metamora Fields Golf Course.…
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When wolves roamed Metamora. Eyewitness account of the Underground Railroad. A Lincoln story. Pantagraph news…
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Some Christmas events in Metamora, 1910-1953; research while trying to find where Roswell Goings is…
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Searching in Oakwood Cemetery for the grave of Marie Speirs, owner of the Metamora House.…
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History and photos of 111 E. Partridge St. (east half of lot 3 in block…
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A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
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Old Metamora-area photos received from the Joliet Area Historical Museum. Kittenball/softball over 100 years ago
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Jack Weddle
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1923 ads from the Metamora Herald
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Future Farmers of America (FFA) pest eradication program contests in high schools; 1920 Wagner Ford…
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Extensive excerpts from Mennonite County Boy by C. Henry Smith, originally from Worth Township west…
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