Introduction
Since it branched off from Coles County in 1859 and became its own entity, Douglas County has enjoyed a rich
history. Its citizens came from all walks of life, its special events were numerous and varied, and its
structures were both unique and common to everyday life on the Illinois prairie.The Douglas County Museum's
website takes its visitors on a tour through time via the following photographs which depict special moments
and people in the county's history. Because the museum owns hundreds of history-related photographs pertinent
to Douglas County and East Central Illinois, this page of the museum's website will be ever-changing as some
of the best and most interesting of the museum's historic photographic collection are scanned and placed on
the website. Be sure to return often to see what's "new" from days of yore in East Central Illinois.
To submit your photographs to this page, contact Lynnita Brown, c/o Douglas County Museum, 700 S. Main St.,
Tuscola, IL 61953; ph. 217-253-2535 or 217-253-4620; e-mail
Lynnita.
Click a link below to view current Photo Albums:
- Airplanes and Automobiles
- Churches
- Education
- Radio Station WDZ
- Progress Industries
- Patterson Springs
- Country Schools
- Buildings
- Children
- Teachers
- Special Events
- Sports
- Medical
- Folks
- Veterans
- Life on the Farm
- Life in the City
- Trains and Tracks
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