Illinois. Dept. of Public Works and Buildings, Service, C. M · Springfield, Ill. : Schnepp & Barnes, printers · leaf 29
h came down the face of the bluff just south of the Offutstore which was located on the top of the hill just back of the trees. It is saidthe boys, who usually were sent to mill horseback, with the grist, would meetthere, tie their horses, heads upward along the side of the hill at an angle of… … 27 VANDALIA COURT HOUSE. THE first capitol building of the State of Illinois was built on itspresent site in the city of Vandalia in 1822 and now stands inthe midst of a park some 320 feet square, filled with a largegrowth of forest trees. It is a plain two-story building, constructed ofbrick, with…
