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EVENTS AND NEWS
PROJECT PUBLICATIONS
PROJECT FILMS
PROJECT VIDEOS
ILLINOIS HERITAGE TOURS
THE RIVER
ALTON
COAL MINING IS LABOR HISTORY
COAL TOWNS IN CENTRAL IL.
- Atlanta
- Benld
- Cardiff disappeared
- Carlinville
- Collinsville, IL
- Danville/Westville
- Gillespie
- Glen Carbon
- Hillsboro
- Mt. Olive
- Moweaqua
- Pana
- Panama, IL
- Staunton
- Taylorville
- Virden
COAL MINING MEMORIALS
COAL MINING MUSEUMS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
GREAT WESTERN ILLINOIS EXPERIENCE
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SITES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD
CHESTER
FRENCH ILLINOIS ↓
NATIVE AMERICAN ILLINOIS
PRESERVING ILLINOIS HERITAGE
LESSON PLANS
RESOURCES
IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

Staunton

Staunton was an important coal town in central Illinois.

Staunton Post Office mural

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