Located on the treelined grounds of beautiful leclaire park at hale avenue, the famous leclaire parkfest is one of edwardsvilles signature festivals. Leclaire populated place profile madison county, illinois data. Lansing iowa to le claire, along the mississippi river in iowa, illinois, and wiscon. Oct 11, 2010 the village of leclaire was founded in 1890 as an experiment in cooperative living by st. Digital collections, available online, local history. Water is over the campbells island access road and most buildings on the island are in water. Wolfe opened the store in 2000, but his love of junk goes back to his childhood, when he started. The pioneer history of illinois, containing the discovery in 1673, and the history of the country to the year 1818, when the state government was organized.
Cindy is a friends of leclaire board member, edwardsville historic preservation commission member and retired assistant manager at the southern illinois university edwardsville bookstore. The illinois state journal company, 1870, by ninian wirt edwards page images at hathitrust illinois as it is its history, geography, statistics, constitution, laws, government. Website for the nonprofit organization, which has been dedicated to helping restore and promote the history of the leclaire area since 1991 submitted on december 3, 2019, by jason voigt of glen carbon, illinois. Sightseeing cruise mississippi river cruises on the. Leclaire is home to fine restaurants, shops and american archeology, the business made famous by american pickers, mike wolfe and frank fritz. Do danielle, mike and frank work at the american pickers. Exhibits of historic photos and narrated trolley tours tell the unique story of the leclaire national historic district. Population 2010 3,765 introduction le claire is a storied river town, a classic mississippi river port that boomed in the mid19th century before suffering through a bust period as river commerce declined. Nelson, the owner of the nelson manufacturing company, established the town between 1890 and 1895 on donated land.
About this time nelson read sedley taylors book, on profit sharing between capital. Most of the projects built before and after the leclaire. The city takes its name from antoine leclaire, a metis trader of first nationsfrench canadian descent, who originally owned the land. I sold arcadia books at siue, and i knew leclaire was a. But seven years later the land is still undeveloped. In 1840 there was 1 leclaire family living in wisconsin territory. Water affects commercial buildings along the le claire riverfront. Jensen treats illinois as a microcosm of the nation, arguing that its history exhibits basic conflicts that had much to do with shaping american society in general. In this collection of articles describing the people, places, and folkways of southern illinois, john w.
I bought this book for my husband because he is a big illinois history person. Submitted photo leclaire tells the story of the company town that was absorbed by edwardsville. The former leclaire hotel was built in 1922 and hosted many important guests including john f. The images in this book depict life in leclaire between 1890 and 1934, before it was annexed by the city of edwardsville. After graduating from the eighth grade at hardscrabble school, allen served as a teacher and an administrator in southern illinois public schools for twentyseven years, and as the historical director of the university museum at southern illinois university for sixteen years. Leclaire historic district is a historic district located in edwardsville, illinois. See all books authored by day leclaire, including the night before christmas. The model community of leclaire in edwardsville, illinois founded by n. But a passionate history teacher led her to change her major to history and go on to earn her undergraduate and graduate degrees in history. The mississippi valley travelers guide to the mississippi river between lansing and leclaire has comprehensive coverage of 47 communities in iowa, wisconsin, and illinois along the great river road, including the cities of dubuque, galena, prairie du chien, and mcgregormarquette.
Experience food truck fight along the levee in leclaire n front st. The city assumed responsibility for leclaire lake and park. Mike and cindy reinhardt serve on the friends of leclaire board of trustees, but also organize a quarterly used book fair for st. The building now houses apartments and is known as the leclaire apartments history. Living in historic leclaire has left a lasting impression on cindy reinhardt so much that shes penned a 128page book about the quaint edwardsville neighborhood. It was named a moline historic landmark in 1993, and it was listed on the national register of historic places in 1994. It is the second book by arcadia publishing released in the past month that focuses on. The leclaire courts were the most unique public housing projects in chicago history because these were the first projects that were built on the outer edge of the city and also within an allwhite neighborhood with a fairly higher population. Nelson in 1890, leclaire was a model cooperative village offering affordable homes, a healthful environment, free education, opportunities for recreation and self improvement, and pleasant working conditions at the n. Leclaire was founded by nelson oliver nelson, a st.
Illinois, cook county, chicago, our lady help of christians parish leclaire ave. Edwardsville, illinois postcard history series by cheryl. By 1890, nelson had located a site for his factory and village on the outskirts of edwardsville, illinois. He did make a comment about the book that i thought was different,every book i read on illinois history is similar but told completely different. Blue ridge parkway folklife project the collection consists of sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, manuscripts, sheet music, printed ephemera, artifacts, administrative records, and ethnographers field notes related to the 1978 blue ridge parkway project field survey, conducted. Early history of the leclaire family this web page shows only a small excerpt of our leclaire research. Newspapers and magazines throughout the united states and europe reported on the leclaire experiment, particularly during the first 20 years of its existence. Feb 23, 2010 born in an illinois log cabin in 1887, john w. Madison county is in the central time zone utc 6 hours.
New book traces quaint edwardsville neighborhoods history. Fans of american pickers know that the original antique archaeology is located in leclaire, iowa. Leclaire house a center for historic programming celebrate. Today the leclaire historic district has most of the original structures and has been placed on the national register of historic places since 1979. On a snowy christmas the christmas baby the christmas eve promise, and rainy day kissesthe bride price 2 novels in 1, and more on. The buffalo bill museum of leclaire is organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes and to such ends is given the power to establish, to provide facilities for, to maintain and operate a museum to preserve early history, documents and relics pertaining to the mississippi river, the indian race, and william cody, more commonly. The community was added to the national register of historic places on august 8, 1979. Following the centennial, a video on the history of leclaire was produced by robert gill. Leclaire was home to the brave river pilots who navigated the treacherous upper rapids between le claire and rock island, illinois. Get directions, maps, and traffic for leclaire, il. Leclaire has 19 books on goodreads with 21783 ratings. Day leclaire is described by harlequin as being one of our most popular writers ever. Day leclaire has 322 books on goodreads with 23386 ratings. More information is included under the topic early leclaire history in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever possible.
Discover librarianselected research resources on illinois history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Scott county community memory project be a part of scott county history. Day leclaire books list of books by author day leclaire. The artswork leclaire 221 n cody rd, le claire, iowa 52753 rated 4. Leclaire elementary school website view all new school announcements, discover social media posts, and check out other helpful links for students and parents.
The late donald jackson, author and editor of several important books in western american history, was the editor in chief at the university of illinois press when this edition was first published in 1955. Chicago, fergus printing company, 1887, by john reynolds page images at hathitrust. The building was built in 1922 on the east side of downtown moline. Le claire is located at an area along the mississippi known as the point, the spot where the river makes. In the history of mans environment and society, in.
Nelson campus of lewis and clark community college. Kennedy and ronald reagan until it was converted into an apartment community in 1993. Oct 07, 2010 new book traces quaint edwardsville neighborhoods history leclaire set for release this month. Local history books on illinois arcadia publishing. Leclaire by cindy reinhardt arcadia publishing books. Home leclaire elementary edwardsville school district. Exhibits of historic photos and narrated trolley tours tell the unique story of the. She currently also serves on the board of the illinois state historical society. In 1934, the city of edwardsville, illinois annexed the village. Leclaire, illinois images of america series by cindy. The book arrived well wrapped and it arrived quickly. Small victorian cottages with electric lights and running water were built by nelsons company and sold at near cost to promote home ownership.
Explore the worlds largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. Leclaire elementary school website view all new school announcements, discover social media posts, and check out other helpful links for students and. Day started writing at a young age when her mother suggested that if she didnt have a book to read, she should write one. The historic leclaire neighborhood, once referred to as edwardsvilles suburb to the south, was founded as a cooperative community in 1890 and remained a separate village until annexed to the city of edwardsville in 1934. Shop arcadia publishing to find the best history books about illinois and its great contributions. The historic leclaire neighborhood, once referred to as. The leclaire family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Share leclaire parkfest friends of leclaire fol has hosted the popular leclaire parkfest every third sunday in october since 1990. The committee under the guidance of editor robert blain, published a book chronicling the villages 100 year history entitled, the historic cooperative village of leclaire, edwardsville, illinois. Eight year old building zoned b22, consisting of 2 large. Arcadia publishing recently released her book, leclaire, as part of its images of america series.
New book traces quaint neighborhoods history local. The town was incorporated in 1855, having been settled by european americans as. Many of the photographs and personal stories were obtained from private collections of early leclaire families. The district is located within the city of edwardsville, illinois, roughly one mile. Included here are sketches of the early pioneering days when wolves were literally chased from the door, stories about the many indian artifacts discovered among the rolling hills and valleys of the area, and. December 15, 1797 september 25, 1861 was a us army interpreter, landowner in scott county, iowa and rock island county, illinois, businessman, philanthropist and principal founder of davenport, iowa.
The quad cities largest gathering of food trucks returns to the banks of the mississippi in historic leclaire, for the third year in a row. Former leclaire courts residents are still fighting to go home the cha promised right of return. We were so early that there were no photos or newspaper stories. Submitted on december 3, 2019, by jason voigt of glen carbon, illinois. Nelson in 1890 and annexed into the city of edwardsville, illinois. Youll find both comfort and convenience at leclaire apartments.
Although the citys official name is leclaire, it is often spelled le claire, and has also been recorded as leclare. The two men spend a lot of the time on the road, looking for antiques to bring back to the store, where danielle is in charge. History books talk about the oklahoma land rush of 1889, but this predates that by six decades, from june 1833 to the early 1850s. Leclaire hotel is an historic building located in downtown moline, illinois, united states. The purpose of the festival is to promote leclaires history, and to that end, there are displays of photos, and literature about leclaire available including walking. Nelson in 1890 was named after edmejean leclaire and operated based on leclaire s profit sharing principles. Former leclaire courts residents are still fighting to go. Danielle, mike and frank dont work in the store for the reality show american pickers, called antique archaeology in leclaire, iowa. Former leclaire police chief writes first crime novel. Leclaire was a french businessman and profitsharing pioneer in the early to mid 19th century. The mississippi valley travelers guide to the mississippi river between lansing and leclaire covers the culture and history of 47 communities in iowa, wisconsin, and illinois along the great river road, including the cities of dubuque, galena, prairie du chien, and mcgregormarquette.
History of illinois detailed in books by arcadia publishing. Exhibits of historic photos and narrated trolley tours tell the. The name for his enterprise, leclaire, was chosen by the workers and came from taylors account of the house of edmund leclaire in paris, france, one of the pioneering experiments in profit sharing. Allen provides entertaining and informative glimpses into the regions past. Day leclaires most popular series is the dante legacy. Edwardsville, illinois community profile overnight itinerary. Black hawk is one of the thirtyfive illinois authors honored by having his name cast in stone in the illinois state library building, which opened in 1990. Leclaire room lewis and clark community college is a reception venue in edwardsville, il. National weather service advanced hydrologic prediction.
Dec 21, 2017 in 1979, due to its unique history, the former village was listed on the national register of historic places. Discover a region rich in history and big characters. The paperback contains more than 200 photographs with captions that explain the history of the 125acre. County departments and offices are closed to the public but open by web, email and phone. Water affects the playground at hampton river park in hampton.
After leaving college when she was younger to get married and start a family, jett reentered college in 1999 at southern illinois university edwardsville with plans to study music. Prior to the publication of his book, model factories. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. Andrews relay for life team will host the annual leclaire parkfest book sale with thousands of books available at bargain prices. Northern reformers in illinois were intent on remaking the state in their. Lansing iowa to le claire, along the mississippi river in iowa, illinois, and wiscon dean klinkenberg on. On a january evening in 1934, with the adoption of ordinance no. Louis plumbing manufacturer who, for many years, sought to advance the plight of the working class. The community was added to the national register of historic places on august 8, 1979 n. The leclaire national historic district is a 19th century neighborhood in the heart of edwardsville, illinois. The leclaire historic district encompasses a 23block area 200 acres. Leclaire apartments is listed on the national register of historic places. The village of leclaire was founded in 1890 as an experiment in cooperative living by st.
This was 100% of all the recorded leclaire s in the usa. Amazon has every book he ever wanted to read on il. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. A former leclaire police chief has leaned on his eyeopening days in phoenix of combating gangs, organized crime and the illegal drug trade to pen a new crime novel.