This cache is located at a historical marker along Highway 146.
I've driven by this many a time without ever stopping to see what
it was about. 'Forgotten History' because this looks like a
historical marker that that has been forgotten about. The area is
maintained as far as mowing goes and the pull-out area has been
freshly re-finished. The sign, on the other hand, is very hard to
read due to fading. However, a picture with flash really brought
out the wording:
For those that are paperless, here is the information recorded
on the historical marker . . .
ANNA-JONESBORO
Union County was created on January 2, 1818 by an act of the
Territory of Illinois. Two months later, on March 2, 1818, the
County commissioners Court established Jonesboro on land donated by
John and Juliet Grammar to serve as County Seat. In the 1850's it
was decided that the Illinois Central would run through this area.
To ensure that the railroad would go through the town, Jonesboro
was to have a survey made for the railroad. It said that when the
town failed to meet this request, Winstead Davie of Jonesboro
submitted a survey routing the railroad through his property East
of Jonesboro. A town was established by the railroad and Davie
named it Anna in honor of his wife on March 3, 1854.
Jonesboro was the site of the third of the seven Lincoln-Douglas
Debates on September 15, 1858. Lincoln received a quiet welcome on
his arrival and spent the night before the debate as the guest of
D.L. Phillips of Anna. The otherwise uneventful evening was
enlivened by the appearance of Donati's Comet. Douglas's arrival
was better received than Lincoln's. However, the debate was
attended by less than 1500 unenthusiastic people -- the smallest
crowd of the series -- and neither man gained ground.
Anna served as one of the nine rendezvous points for troops
during the Civil War and eight regiments were assembled here. In
1869 the Legislature determined to locate the Southern Illinois
Hospital for the Insane at Anna. It is now that Anna State
Hospital.
You are looking for a camouflaged micro that contains only a log
sheet. Please bring your own pen or pencil.