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A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
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February 2025 Newsletter

Dr. Heinzmann's home, a 1906 Fandel family photo, more Cheedle family history, early Germans and…
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A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
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A first-person account of the Lincoln-Douglas debates by the daughter of the Woodford County sheriff.…
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A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
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August 2024 Newsletter

Early Metamora lawyers, featuring Adlai E. Stevenson I. Tribute to Lincoln from August 1923. Brutal…
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Workers repair the corbels on the Stevenson House in July 2024.
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Adlai E. Stevenson I House Restoration Project

Learn more about the Metamora Association For Historic Preservation and our work to sustain the…
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Metamora History

Read the document that established Hanover, the former name of Metamora.
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Joe Noe’s Tavern

The property was owned by Adlai E. Stevenson 1 from 1865 to 1887 while he…
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Horse and Buggy Days

In the horse and buggy days, there was an iron pipe fence surrounding the Village…
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Shirley Adams
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History Of The Metamora Village Park

Learn the history of the Metamora village park, now the town square, that began in…
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Shirley Adams
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Adlai Stevenson Tells of Old Metamora

The following is an article of interest printed one hundred years old ago in the…
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Shirley Adams
A close-up of bricks from the historic Stevenson Home in Metamora, Illinois
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When wolves roamed Metamora. Eyewitness account of the Underground Railroad. A Lincoln story. Pantagraph news…
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