Madison County

by Madison County Historical Society and Mary T. Westerhold

Book Overview

On September 14, 1812, territorial governor Ninian Edwards set aside the third county of the Illinois Territory and named it Madison for his friend Pres. James Madison. The boundaries of the newly created Madison County extended from its current southern border to the northern border of the Illinois territory and from the Wabash River on the east to the Mississippi River on the west. There were only a few settlements, and the daily life of the early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738599832
• ISBN13: 9780738599830
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"