The Wood River Refinery that today produces nearly two per cent of the nation’s petroleum processing capacity was established here in 1917 on the leasing edge of an energy revolution.
The Montgomery Station was once a thriving farm community where families gathered at the country store, met for platform dances and relied on the railroad to take their crops to market.
On Easter Sunday of 1917, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church held the first service in their new church, the third building for the small congregation, founded in 1841, that held the status of “mission” for many years.
Glen Carbon, Collinsville, Maryville and Edwardsville are known for their coal mining legacy, but nearly every community above the bluffs in Madison County at one time had a coal industry.
MCHS News Volume 5 Number 5
/in All News, Newsletter /by Adam CeluchThe Wood River Refinery that today produces nearly two per cent of the nation’s petroleum processing capacity was established here in 1917 on the leasing edge of an energy revolution.
MCHS News Volume 5 Number 4
/in All News, Newsletter /by Adam CeluchThe Montgomery Station was once a thriving farm community where families gathered at the country store, met for platform dances and relied on the railroad to take their crops to market.
MCHS News Volume 5 Number 3
/in All News, Newsletter /by Adam CeluchOn Easter Sunday of 1917, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church held the first service in their new church, the third building for the small congregation, founded in 1841, that held the status of “mission” for many years.
MCHS News Volume 5 Number 2
/in All News, Newsletter /by Adam CeluchMary Westerhold, Madison County Archival Library Research Director, explores some of Madison County’s small, forgotten cemeteries
MCHS News Volume 5 Number 1
/in All News, Newsletter /by Adam CeluchGlen Carbon, Collinsville, Maryville and Edwardsville are known for their coal mining legacy, but nearly every community above the bluffs in Madison County at one time had a coal industry.