LAST - Ringing of Church Bells - Islaco, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 40.280 W 091° 18.569
15S E 644995 N 4392645
Ilasco, a company town, largest cement plant in Missouri...town now a ghost town of former immigrants...ILASCO: name comes from - Iron, Lime, Alumina, Silica, Calcium and Oxygen. The US flag is NOT here...
Waymark Code: WM17GTD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2023
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County of flags: Ralls County
Location of flags: MO-79, Immigrant monument, Ilasco
Marker erected by: Private citizens, area businesses, & Ilasco Area Historical Preservation Society
Date monument erected: 2002
ILASCO
ILASCO was created in 1903. Large numbers of Romanian,
Slovak, Italian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Polish, Croatian and other immigrants
joined native-born residents drawn here by jobs at the Atlas Portland Cement
Plant. ILASCO through its churches, schools, folklore, languages,
fraternal societies, cuisines and daily life, left a rich working class
cultural heritage that made it unique in Missouri. The community's name is
an acronym for some of the cement manufacturing ingredients (Iron, Lime,
Alumina, Silica, Calcium and Oxygen), ILASCO was converted into a company town
in 1921 and dissolved in 1963.
Ilasco Historical Marker
Dedicated October, 1999"
This monument is a four sided monument, made of brick, and topped with a cross. The roof is over the bell from the Dr. Martin Luther Slovak Church.
Marker text:
(front)
GOD BLESS AMERICA
MONUMENT TO IMMIGRANTS
Dedicated to the courageous men and women who left their homelands seeking freedom and opportunity for better lives in a new country
LET FREEDOM RING
The bell from the Ilasco Slovak Lutheran Church is a symbol to recognize all immigrants who came to Ilasco and Ralls County, Missouri
(proper right):
E PLURIBUS UNUM
(One Nation From Many People)
The immigrants came to Ilasco with respect for religion, education, honesty and hard work. They became part of a caring community of proud Americans
(proper left):
DR. MARTIN LUTHER SLOVAK
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL OF ILASCO
Hospodin je môj pastier; niè mi nechýba
(The Lord is my Shepherd; I Shall not Want)
The church bell rang every Sunday from Nov. 7, 1911
Until the last service on April 25, 1971
This unique school (1917-1942) taught the language and
culture of their parent's homeland each summer
(proper rear):
LANGUAGES OF ILASCO
"WELCOME"
Bine Ati Venit Isten Hozott
(Romanian) (Hungarian)
Vitajte Witamy Bitaemo
(Slovak) (Polish) (Ukrainian)
Benvenuti Dobro Dosli
(Italian) (Croatian)
Monument sponsored by private citizens, area businesses
and Ilasco Area Historical Preservation Society
Special recognition to Paul & John Tretiak,
John Schoreack, his children David & Madison,
Dennis & Ellen Hann and David Polic
For preserving and donating the church bell
THE BELL IS NOW SILENT AND SERVES AS
A REMEMBRANCE OF WHAT ONCE WAS