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Madison County 1873 Microfilm Worden Residences and Bird Eye View

Citation

“Madison County 1873 Microfilm Worden Residences and Bird Eye View,” Madison Historical, accessed July 16, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2238.

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Description

The document is a part of a book called Madison County 1873 Microfilm by Brink, McCormick. It reads under the top image, "Residence and Premises of John C. Worden", the founder of the new city. In the middle of the document is a bird's eye view of Worden. The caption says "Birds-eye view from the South-east of a portion of the new city of Worden, Founded 1870 Madison Co, Illinois." At the bottom of the document is another image it reads at the bottom "View of the first depot of the Toledo Wabash and western R.R at Worden erected 1870 John C Worden station Agent. Postmaster General Storekeeper."

This document was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Kelsey Renth.

Source

  • Brink, McCormick

Subjects

  • government

Contributor

  • Renth, Kelsey

Date

1873

Type

  • Miscellaneous Document

Format

  • jpg

Coverage

  • Worden,IL
  • 1873

Identifier

  • Renth-Kelsey-D-001
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