Mansion House in Alton Illinois


506 State Street -- Mansion House (circa 1834)
Today the building is an apartment building, but once the Mansion House was a lodging place for travelers.

Built in 1833-34 by either William Harned or John Wesley Harned

He built a hotel in Alton, Ill., in 1833, where our subject
met LINCOLN, DOUGLAS, and many others of the noted men in the early
history of our country.
		from "History of Bond & Montgomery Counties IL 1882"

Pocahontas Church in Pocahontas Illinois


Pocahontas Church