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A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
June 2025 Newsletter EntertainmentNewsletterParks & Landmarks

June 2025 Newsletter

Reserve a seat for the premiere of The Underground Railroad In Metamora, how to read…
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April 2025 Newsletter

The History Of The Underground Railroad In Metamora premieres on June 22 at MTHS, history…
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December 2024 Newsletter

Progress on the Underground Railroad documentary, plus we hear from a conductor's grandchildren. Many facts…
Jack Weddle
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History Meets Clay: A Family Adventure In Art and History Entertainment

History Meets Clay: A Family Adventure In Art and History

On Sept. 18, 2004, both adults and children designed and made a stoneware tile at…
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Metamora's First Band
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Metamora Bands

Photographs and three articles of historic Metamora bands are detailed in this compilation.
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Shirley Adams
The Cobblestone Entertainment Platform EntertainmentParks & Landmarks

The Cobblestone Entertainment Platform

The platform serves as both a speakers rostrum and an entertainment center.
Shirley Adams
Shirley Adams
The Village Park Cobblestone Bandstand EntertainmentParks & Landmarks

The Village Park Cobblestone Bandstand

In November of 1926, the Fred Herring American Legion Post 89 offered to start a…
Shirley Adams
Shirley Adams
History of the Speakers Stand EntertainmentParks & Landmarks

History of the Speakers Stand

It was in 1905 that Old Settlers spoke from a "new handsome and trim structure"…
Shirley Adams
Shirley Adams
Metamora's first bandstand
History of the First Bandstand EntertainmentParks & Landmarks

History of the First Bandstand

The first bandstand in the Metamora Village Park was a wooden octagonal structure built about…
Shirley Adams
Shirley Adams
A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
October 2017 Newsletter EntertainmentNewsletter

October 2017 Newsletter

The origins of the Old Settlers' Association, and Old Settlers Days through the years
Jack Weddle
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