Fairbury Echoes Museum
  • About Us
    • Our Founding
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  • Resources
    • 1864-2015 List of Key Events in Fairbury, Illinois
    • 1890 City of Fairbury, Illinois, Ordinance Book
    • 1898 Livingston County Business Directory with Fairbury-related Pages
    • 1959 History Brochure of the Chautauqua Literary Society of Fairbury, Illinois
    • 1967 Chamber of Commerce Booklet
    • 1989 School Paper by Steven Mann titled Joseph Gerber paved the way in Fairbury, Illinois
    • 2013 Livingston County History Book with only Fairbury, Illinois related pages
    • Archive.Org Depository
    • Audio History
    • Blade Archives & Digital Photo Requests
    • Buckle on the Cornbelt
    • Facebook
    • Fairbury History from 1889 Blade article
    • Fairbury, Illinois, song
    • Historical Walking Tour of Fairbury, Illinois
    • I Remember by Cathryn Frisby
    • List of All Fairbury Postmasters
    • Listing of all City Officials in Fairbury, Illinois
    • Livingston County HCE Group 1918-1968
    • Livingston County Historical Society Presentations Related to Fairbury, Illinois
    • Livingston County History Books
    • Maps
    • National Register of Historic Places
    • Nicks from the Blade -1946
    • Other Fairbury History Books by Dale C. Maley
    • Other Fairbury History Books by J. William Goold
    • Pantagraph Negatives
    • Remember the Tartars
    • Research Resources
    • Stuffed Clubs & Antimacassars
    • Tartars Marching Band and Concerts 1968-1975 Photos and Articles
    • Tartars Marching Band and Concerts 1977-1984 Photos and Articles
    • Telephone Books
    • Transcribed Copy of 1967 First Edition of Stuffed Clubs and Antimacassars by Alma Lewis James
    • Transcribed Copy of 1977 Second Edition of Stuffed Clubs and Antimacassars by Alma Lewis James
    • Transcribed Copy of Dr. Ervin’s 2012 Autobiography
    • Transcribed Copy of April 3, 1958, Blade Centennial special Issue.
    • YouTube Videos
    • World War II Fairbury Veterans Record Book
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History Stories 

  1. Coal Mining
    1. Blade article on Dale Maley's book about Coal Mining in Fairbury.
    2. Debunking the Myth that Bat Masterson worked in a Fairbury Coal Mine.
    3. Coal mining was a dangerous occupation.
    4. The Sullivan family. Irish immigrants who came to Fairbury because of coal mining jobs.
    5. 1887 William T. Stackpole Blade article about coal mining.
    6. Coal mine tunnel map showing old tunnel map overlaid on modern Google map of Timber Ridge Subdivision.

 

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