Putnam County Newspapers and Articles From the Past

Putnam County News Items

  • 12/02/07 NEW!! 1935 LaSalle County Bank Robbers Captured or Killed Near Magnolia - Tragic Deaths of Marshall and LaSalle County Men - Contributed by Terri Taylor
  • New Items from the Past -Miscellaneous information gathered from Local Newspapers
    • Add for Blacksmithing (Jan. 31, 1846 - The Hennepin Herald)
    • New Senachwine PO(Jun 19, 1857-The Courier)
    • Explosion of Steam Boat Nile (Sep. 4, 1857 - The Courier)
    • Explosion of Steam Boat Nile (Sep. 4, 1857 - The Hennepin Tribune)
    • The Murder of Thomas and Sophia Hopkins(July 25, 1867 - The Marshall County Republican)
    • Putnam County Delegates to the Illinois Republican Convention for 1866 (July 26, 1866)
    • Attempted Jail Break and Shooting Death of Holbrook (August 26, 1869)
    •  The hanging of Joseph Ramsey near Granville (April 18, 1870)
    • September 22, 1870 Miscellanous News Items from the Henry Republican
    • September 29, 1870 Putnam County News Items from the Henry Republican
    • May 9, 1872 Putnam County News - Magnolia:  Scarlet Fever in Magnolia and Clear Creek
    • The Putnam County Fair - Sept. 12, 1872
    • The1874 Mail Route (1874 Henry Republican)
    • 1874 Buel Institute Fair - 28th Exhibition (Henry Republican)
    • The "Granvillian" Newspaper
    • The 1875 Mail route
    • 1877 Buel Institute Fair - 31st Exhibition ( Henry Republican)
    • March 1881- Small Colony Heads for Iowa (Henry Republican)
    • June 1881 - Snachwine Lake
    • August 4, 1898 - Local News Items:  (Klondyke expedition, sale of the old Buell Institute grounds, Jeff Durley's move, boys arrested for egg trick)
  • Miscellaneous News Items From the Henry News Republican

Putnam County Newspapers

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