Towanda Area History

Title	Date	Topic	Description

Lucile (Whirrell) Woodrum - an interview with photographs	1950 - 2007	Oral histories	This is an interview with Lucile (Whirrell) Woodrum, who moved to Towanda from Normal, Illinois with her husband Raymond in 1950. Lucile talks of the excavating company her husband formed with their so .....

Newspaper Article on 1954 Towanda Centennial	1954-09-16	Area Events	The Lexington Unit-Journal newspaper published a group of articles written by Annabel C. Cary on September 16, 1954 about the Towanda centennial being celebrated on September 18-19. These historical a .....

John 'Jack' P. Jenkins - an interview with photograph	1957 - 2007	Oral histories	This is an interview with John 'Jack' P. Jenkins of Towanda, Illinois. Jack and his wife Rita moved to Towanda in 1957. Jack mentions being very impressed with the civic process in Towanda and describ .....

Newspaper article on Towanda Senior Citizen who Begins 74th Year of Voting	1964-04-14	Personal stories	Newspaper article dated April 14, 1964, from the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph is about Towanda resident, Frank Snodgrass who turned 97 in 1964. His biography also includes his hobbies and some of .....

Written history of "Historic Route 66 - A Geographic Journey"	1998 - 2007	Route 66	Written history of an abandoned stretch of Rte. 66 at Towanda, Illinois, based on an interview with Fred Walk, former Normal Community High School history and geography teacher and resident in the Towa .....

Newspaper Article of Towanda Meadows - No Underground Story at Farm House	2007-01-14	Duncan Mansion	This January 14, 2007 newspaper article from the Bloomington, Illinois Pantagraph describes Towanda Meadows' enduring urban legend of being a stop on the underground railroad. This mansion. the larges .....

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