Looking Back 3/13/25
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Mar. 12, 1925
Navigation opened on the Illinois River last Saturday. The Gem left the Hardin port in the morning and arrived in the evening on schedule time, carrying a fair list of passengers each way. The Str. Golden Eagle arrived here on its up trip about 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning, returning on its down trip Monday evening, carrying a good cargo freight on its up trip and many head of livestock and miscellaneous shipments on its down trip.
Mar. 16, 1950
The final tabulation from the 1949 farm census has been completed and a digest of the results reached the office this week. This census shows that Calhoun County had 253,266 apple trees of all ages last year. There were 27,931 peach trees, making a total of 281,197 trees. These two fruits are all that are listed, but there are thousands of pear, plum and apricot trees in the county. Only one county, Union, showed a higher number of fruit trees.
Mar. 13, 1975
Frank McDonald of Hardin found an old set of dominoes in an old house he was tearing down in Hamburg. The house, which had belonged to relatives of Omar Rosa, was purchased by McDonald and he found the box of dominoes above a window after he had torn the plaster off the wall. The dominoes were made about 1874.
Mar. 15, 2000
With spring approaching, work will begin on the proposed park where the former Bank of Calhoun County once stood near the riverfront in Hardin. Two gazebos, trees planted on the west side, shrubs, walkways, benches, and a flagpole will complete the park. At the Hardin Board of Trustees meeting one bid was received to build a 14-foot gazebo. Eventually the village wants two gazebos in its proposed park.
