Windyville General Store The store was built in 1913 by Mr. Bennett. It is said that once the store was built, the men gathered on the porch and tried to…
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Francis Valle was one of the founders of Missouri’s first settlement, St. Genevieve. The Valles from France immigrated to Quebec and then to Kaskaskia, Illinois. They then crossed the river…
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The Mineral Springs Hotel opened in 1914. Early advertising boasted that the hotel featured the "largest swimming pool in Illinois", mineral spring "cures", and the biggest table in the city…
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This structure was constructed in 1877 with two storefronts on the first floor and an opera house on the second story (entered from a stairway on the right side of…
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Francis Valle was one of the founders of Missouri’s first settlement, St. Genevieve. The Valles from France immigrated to Quebec and then to Kaskaskia, Illinois. They then crossed the river…
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