Sesquicentennial - Jacksonville, Illinois
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 44.067 W 090° 13.719
15S E 737492 N 4401957
In the center of the City, on Mauvaiseterre St., in Central Plaza Park, Jacksonville Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMVG65
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2017
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County of capsule: Morgan County
Location of capsule: Mauvaiseterre St., Central Plaza Park, Jacksonville
Capsule Donated by Rotary
Marker Text:
Jacksonville, ILL.
1825 ~ 1975
1776 U.S.A. 1976
our message to the future
open in the year 2025
the sesquicentennial
committee
"Jacksonville was established by European Americans on a 160-acre tract of land in the center of Morgan County in 1825, two years after the county was founded. The town grew at a rapid rate, and a town square was quickly developed. In 1829, the Presbyterian Reverend John M. Ellis worked to found a new "seminary of learning" in the new state of Illinois. A group of Congregational students at Yale University heard about his plans and headed westward to establish the new school. These students were a part of the famous "Yale Bands," groups of students who established several colleges in the frontier, what is now the Midwest. Illinois College was one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Midwest." ~ Wikipedia