Alex Summers . Mr. Mattoon's City Ccr)o^jq^bA IlllNQIS mmm SURVEY 77.372 955 r U fT 1855 - 1955 100 Years — The Story of Mattoon 1865 - 1955 90 Years — The Story of Mattoon' s First Permanent Bank [A Revised edition of Mattoon, Origin and Growth, Published in 1946.) Issued by The National Bank of Mattoon — 1955. •lllNniS HISTORICAL S^U-" For almost a century the majority of the people in western Coles County have banked at The National Bank of Mattoon or with its predecessors — the First Na- tional Bank and the Mattoon National Bank. INTRODUCTION Nine years have made their way into the stream of history since The National Bank of Mattoon dedicated remodeled banking quarters. To commemorate that oc- casion the bank, under the leadership of J. Stanley Weis, issued a history of Mat- toon and its institutions called "Mattoon, Origin and Groivth." Within the lengthening shadow cast by events since 1946, much of the older his- tory has acquired new dimensions. For Mattoon's centennial year, the present offi- cers headed by Martin F. Behrend have authorized a completely new edition. In keeping with the centennial spirit, the title has been changed to reflect the forma- tive years. The author is deeply indebted to scores of people in Mattoon who have furnished him information and pictures, and especially to Eugene C. Bauer of The National Bank of Mattoon for his sure-handed guidance of the project. Alex Summers, 1955 n / 1 I c^ pU^i^A HISTORY AT A GLANCE :< Chronology of Important Events in HISTORY of COLES COUNTY and MATTOON 1830— Charter granted for organizing Coles County 12 years after Illinois was admitted into Union; named in honor of Gov. Edward Coles. 1831— Lincoln family settles in Coles County three miles southeast of site later chosen for city of Mattoon. 1832— -Close of Black Hawk War; signal for rapid settlement by White Man. 1836-37— Passage of Internal Improvement Act leading to railroad construction. 1843_Name of "Coles Court House" changed to Charleston, county seat. 1851— Illinois Central Railroad is incor- porated by Eastern capitalists. 1854 — Town site of Mattoon is mapped out; plat filed October 13, 1855. 1855 — Ten-e Haute & Alton Railroad and Illinois Central R. R. right of ways cross at Mattoon. 1856 — Mattoon's first newspaper, the Weekly Independent Gazette, begins publication. 1857 — By vote of 65 to 25, Mattoon votes to incorporate as village; elects board of trustees. 1858 — Lincoln-Douglas debate is held at fair grounds in Charleston. 1860 — Lincoln wins presidency; Lincoln electors carrj' Coles County by 28- vote plurality. 1861 — Mattoon receives charter as city. 1861— U. S. Grant, then a Colonel, takes command of his first troops in the Civil War — the 21st regiment here in Mattoon. 1865 — The First National Bank of Mattoon is established with capital of $60,- 000; first successful banking insti- tution in Mattoon. 1865 — Broomcorn first grown in county; becomes important cash crop in 70's. 1866 — Dole's Opera House, first real the- ater of Mattoon, is opened. 1866-70 — Mattoon experiences greatest building boom. 1871— Northern Coal & Mining Co. given permit to mine on land then south of city (now area of Marshall Ave- nue and 21st St.); coal mined in 1880. 1874— The Mattoon National Bank, city's second successful banking institu- tion, is organized. 1878 — ^Railroad known as Peoria, Decatur & Evansville begins service. 1891— First sidewalks of concrete, then known as "artificial stone", laid on Broadway. 1897 — First great street fair is held in Mattoon; first of kind in state. 1898 — Cornerstone is laid for new Odd Fellows Old Folks' Home. 1899— Eastern Illinois State Teachers Col- lege opens at Charleston. 1903— Mattoon dedicates new pubUc li- brary; Lewis L. Lehman, president of The First National Bank, ne- gotiates grant from Andrew Car- negie. 1906— Memorial Methodist Hospital is dedicated. 1907— Interurban wreck between Mattoon and Charleston kills 18, injures 54 — worst wTeck of its type in the his- tory of the world. 1911— The First National Bank and The Mattoon National Bank merge. 1914_Illinois central Railroad tracks are lowered to present level. 1917_Devastating tornado strikes on May 26, 1917; 85 are killed, hundreds in- jured as twister strikes northern parts of city. 1940 — Oil is discovered south of city — leads to development of large oil field with more than 400 wells pumping at height of activity in 1946. 1947^Citi2ens form unit scool system em- bracing area of 150 square miles. 1950_coles County dedicates new airport east of Mattoon. After World War n — new industries join established manufacturers — names like General Electric, Young Radi- ator, Gar Wood, American Brass, Blaw-Knox join those known earlier — Clark Foundry, Kuehne Mfg. Co., Brown Shoe, the railroads, our broom factories. 1954— Citizens of Community Unit Dis- trict No. 2 vote approval of new high school and other improve- ments. Page 3 Steuhen Dexter Dole PART I — N\v. Mattoon's City A little more than 100 years ago a series of events in the Middle West led to developments which created the city of Mattoon in 1855. One of these events was the o;radual taming of the wild prairies, as the Mexican War, the Gold Rush and mounting interest in railroads accelerated tiie westward movement of people. The tangled prairies, which former Presi- dent Monroe called "hopeless" because they could scarcely grow trees, suddenly awak- ened. Tough new plows dug deep and turned the rich sod, while man with his crude in- genuity drained away the surface water, con- trolled the insects, slashed away the deadly rattlers and the cunning moccasins, and shel- tered himself against bitter winters and the terrible prairie winds. The prairies were being conquered in the 1850's — a period which saw the whole bulg- ing young nation grow and mature like some physical prodigy gone wild. But before 1855, "more than three-fourths of the area of Coles County was in its primitive state", one historian could write, " and nowhere on the map, or even in the mind of man, was there such a city as Mattoon." In fact, only one town was listed on an early map of the Illinois Central Railroad and that was called Arno — • a proposed settlement about two miles north of the present site of Mattoon. Certain Eastern railroad interests and a little knot of native settlers were busy try- ing to set up towns at various points along the Illinois Central Railroad where the Terre Haute & Alton might cross. The big silent prairie was about to meet its master — but its strange majesty was to remain forever engraved in the memory of the pioneers. One of these, Jasper Miller, who was to become a distinguished minister and a tireless historian of the early days, wrote a poem in tribute and part of it said: "No roof, no wall, no tree, no tent Nothing but the broad firmament. Only the prairie, wide and wild Bountiful place, beautiful child." But trees and walls rose rapidly when the rail- roads came. The Illinois Central Railroad was char- tered by the Illinois General Assembly in Febru- ary, 1851. A little later Colonel Roswell B. Mason of Connecticut, later to become one of the most dis- tinguished citizens of Illinois, arrived in Chicago with a crew of surveyors and engineers. These men fanned out over the prairies and started their work with rod and chain. The first railroad man on the ground in Coles County was Ephraim Jennings of Massachusetts. He al- ways went by the simple initial E. Jennings, while t ..-ir^SHS^t The Lone Elm Tree James T. Cunningham a brother, Ichabod. signed his name I. Jennings, and they were to do it as business men in Mattoon for years to come. E. Jennings arrived in March, 1853, and started the survey for the right-of-way south of town. In June of that year he took the contract for bridge work and certain fills. In the meantime, the Terre Haute & Alton Railroad, now the Big Four di- vision of the New York Central Railroad, had been chartered in Springfield. Mattooners probably can thank a noted Charleston lawyer, Usher Linder. for the good fortune of having this road chartered ahead of a more logical contender — one which was later to join Terre Haute & St. Louis via Effingham. But Usher Linder was for Coles County and he had a cousin Elisha wlio owned several thousand acres of land in eastern Illinois. Usher was in the State legislature at the time, where he had served earlier with Abraham Lincoln before becoming attorney general of the State. Usher Linder had influence and he knew and loved the subtle game of politics almost as well as his sessions with John Bar- leycorn, who had a mighty hold on him. Nobody has any- thing in writing to prove it, but the two Linders with James T, Cunningham and Ebenezer Noyes probably arranged to have the railroad cross Coles County at the spot we now call Mattoon. A little farther west Noyes had a town he called Essex, and Elisha Linder owned a parcel of land which w6uld be crossed by any road cutting sections 13 and 14. Little Es- sex was a beauty to behold — wide streets, beautiful boule- vard? and ample sidewalks. But the location was too far west after the I. C. survey — so Essex died. But its best features came to life again when Noyes helped lay out the new town of Mattoon. M. Elisha Lindei Benjamin Turney The early settlers and railroad builders could see by late 1854 that the two railroads would cross in sections 13 and 14. So they set about to organize a little town. First, they had John Meadows, the county survevor at Charleston, lay out the new village along lines that suited the somewhat conflicting ideals of Easterners like Noyes, Mattoon, Jennings, and Harrison Messer, South- ern "movers" from Paradise like Cunningham, Allison, Linder, and the Hoosiers like the Dole brothers. But Meadows satisfied all the men when he laid out the town in December, 1854. The plat was finalized in April, 1855, notarized by a justice-of-the-peace in the same month, and filed into the county records at Charleston October 13, 1855. What sort of nation did we iiave when Mattoon was Page 5 I.C«ix»R5? ""-"^ lomtttlR -m^w Here is Engine Number One placed in service by the Illinois Central Railroad. This engine probably made its first run to Mattoon late in the summer of 1855. founded in 1855? It was an exciting period; the country grew more rapidly in the decade 1850-60 than anytime before or since. The whole national feeling was one of tip-toe expectation of great things to come. And there was the tension of oncoming drama as the slavery issue grew and grew as a national problem. Abo- litionists like Henry Ward Beecher and Wendell Phillips were fanning the flames. There was the "Kansas trouble" which people heard about vaguely here in Illinois. Old Osawatomie John Brown was on the prowl. Franklin Pierce, a Democrat, was president of a nation about to create a new party to supplant the feeble Whig re- gimes. People were humming and dancing to the tunes of a man named Stephen Foster who had recently published "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" — a follow- up smash to his "Oh, Susanna!", issued in 1848 and "My Old Kentucky Home", published in 1853. America was creating a literature of its own with the writings of men like Edgar A. Poe, James Fennimore Cooper, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Herman Melville and a strange young man named Walt Whitman who was soon to publish a book of poems called "Leaves of Grass". And a handful of pioneers on a prairie in Illinois were found- ing a town. They named it Mattoon to honor a railroad builder named William B. Mattoon — active partner in a construction firm called "Phelps, Mattoon & Barnes", which had the con- tract to build the Terre Haute & Alton. A dozen founders settled on the name at a meeting in the Bunnell House in Charleston in the spring of 1855. Then they sold lots at a public auction in what some people called "Pegtown" because so many stakes had been driven on Section 13. Historians differ as to which railroad reached the crossing in Mattoon first, but at least the Terre Haute & Alton pushed the first "train" across — a wood-burning engine, a flat car and a caboose on June 9, 1865. Of course, there was Page 6 EBENBZBR NOYES Two hotels have been tlie most vli"to- graphed buildings in Mattoon's history. One is the Dole House, now known as the Byers Hotel. The other is the one shown here — the famous old Essex House. It stood for al- most 55 years at the intersection of the two railroads near the spot now occupied by the American Express Co. office. a big celebration: as many as 3,000 people may have been present to see the "iron horse" creep in on just enough roadbed to keep wheels on the tracks. When the train arrived, Mattoon was already a village of sorts. There was a house on what is now South Eighteenth Street, which had been moved in from the Benjamin Turnev farm on the old State road near the southeast corner of what is now the Mattoon Golf & Country Club. There were some shanties for the railroad workers and some buildings under construction. The founders of Original Town went to work with a passion, though, after the first train arrived. These men were Charles Floyd Jones, Davis Carpenter, Jr., Usher I'. Linder, Ebenezer Noyes, James T. Cunningham, Stephen D. Dole, John Cunning- ham, John L. Allison, Elisha Linder, H. Q. Sanderson, Harrison Messer, Samuel B. Richardson, William B. Tuell and Josiah Hunt. Within a few months houses and busi- ness buildings were springing up all over town. The True brothers tried to start a business section on the east side — in the Twelfth Street area north of Broadway. For years the old True general store was the largest business building in town. The old Mattoon Hotel, completed in 1871 by the Dole brothers, later became The Dole House and finally the Byers Hotel. Note also at left The First National Bank building, a forerunner of the present National Bank of Mattoon. i^Yf/sy-o.-V' r-^ w * __ :-f:'- jtj; ;■« ifa ?« Ir^ ir" ■*f .^ .'(^ ir? FlNDLtY ». RICHARDSON * 4_r rf „, j-j ^ „r f^' ^^ .?, .ij^ ,j,«. ,p, \fm ff* j^ jiff? w iPw ir'. ^ fj 5;,. ■ ■ ' ...■. ..-.r;.r -M I!- > ^O X WJ. LEMON 'J.l rl :'r.. .'■t-:>i.'J.l ■ - . .. :^:::^::,r==:=:====:=^-i=^-' - ^*-^-. ''al f?3 .;>:-. 1 x-*^^ The one event in Mattoon's early history which continues to earn fame for the area was the fourth in the series of seven debates hetiveen Abraham Lincoln a'ld Stephen A. Douglas. Fifteen thousand people gathered at Charleston on September 18, 1858, to hear the relatively unknoun Lincoln duel the noted '"Little Giant". Lin- coln stayed overnight at The Pennsylvania House Hotel before the debate. Huge processions left from Mattoon to follow the debaters to Charleston. A Chicago newspaper wrote in the vear 1855: "In April. 1855, there was not a sign of human life. By August, there was a large hotel, with another in process of erection, forty houses, a post office, a dry goods store, and two grocery stores to supply the rapidly increasing population. A year later the number of houses had increased to 113; the number of stores had increased to 11; and Mattoon was a flourishing town of 500 inhabitants". In 1856 the two railroads made three important extensions in growth. On March ], 1856, the last gap in t!ie Terre Haute & Alton road was completed, thus establish- ing through service on regular schedules. Then on September 27, 1856, the Il- linois Central line from Mattoon to Branch Junction was opened, thus giving the Il- linois Central a through line from Chicago to Cairo. A month later the Terre Haute & Alton completed a line from Alton to Illinoistown, which we now call East St. Louis, thus providing direct connection to St. Louis. Later, the Illinois Central was to establish its first Chicago-St. Louis service, including the first sleeping cars in America, via Mattoon and the tracks of the Terre Haute & Alton. This route was M. T. TOBEY J. RICHMOND M. T. Tobey and Jonathan Richmond were typical of the early pioneers who contributed greatly to the growth of the city. Mr. Tobey was a minister who became the first mayor of Mattoon. In the winter of 1854 he cut tim- ber on his farm on the Kickapoo for a home he built in Mattoon in 1855. Mr. Richmond, a distinguished soldier in the Civil War, later became prominent in banking and business activities in Mattoon. Page 8 Ulysses S. Grant, the man of destiny from Galena, 111., assumed command of the first troops he led in the Civil War on June 17, 1861. As Colonel U. S. Grant, he took charge of the 21st Illinois In- fantry, a Mattoon unit, which had proved unruly and subordinate. According to local traditions. Grant mustered the regiment into service in a brief ceremony, held northwest of the present Illinois Central Railroad station. Grant later said of his troops: "My regiment . . . embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politi- cians, merchants, barkers and ministers . . . There were also men in it who could be led astray, and the Colonel, elected by the votes of the regiment, had proved to be fairly capable of de- veloping all there was in his men cf recklessness ... I found it very hard for a few days to bring all the men in- to anything like subordination ... by the application of a little regular Army punishment, all were reduced to as good discipline as one could ask." used until 1900. Mattoon grew steadily and decided to incorporate as a city in 1857. although the final charter was not granted until 1861. The early ordinances included the usual prohibitions, many of which seem comical in the present day. Thev included laws against trains running through the city at more than eight miles an hour: or buggies and wagons traveling faster than five miles an hour: or plowing up the streets and sidewalks, or hitching on sidewalks "horses, mules, jackasses or jennies." Mattoon needed all the law it could find, because the settlers included wild ones and lawless ones. But the finer elements prevailed in the big things — in the founding of churches and building of schools. And it had a newspaper to advocate the better things in life — "The Mattoon Gazette,'" founded in 1856. Mattoon was beginning to find a place on the map, too. A lawyer and politician named Abraham Lincoln was catching on with people everywhere in Illinois. Then. THE BANK OF THE PAST Shown in the picture at left are, left to right — Thomas W. Gaw, S. M. Owings, Clara Shafer Ownby and George Richmond. Distinguished community leaders like Jonathan Richmond and Charles E. WUson, who was to write a fine history of the county and Mattoon in 1905, were presi- dents of this bank. It was Wil- son who helped bring about the merger of the Mattoon National Bank and the First National Bank to form what we now call The National Bank of Mattoon. Page 9 Shown here are the West Side School and the East Side School, Mattoon's first public school building's, erected during- the 60's. while seeking office in 1858, he challenged Stephen A. Douglas, a noted United States Senator, to debate him. The fourth of these seven debates was held at Char- leston on September 18. It attracted 15,000 people and tremendous publicity for Coles County. Lincoln had visited here frequently because his father, Thomas Lin- coln, had lived southeast of Mattoon from 1831 until his death in 1851. Abraham's stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincohi, still was living on the old Goose Nest prairie farm — now enshrined in replica form on the Lincoln Log Cabin State Park grounds. Lincoln had been here in the spring of 1858 and spoke from the window-space of the unfinished Essex House hotel. He stayed overnight at the Pennsylvania ^ , House on Broadway the night before the debate, while Douglas lingered at the Essex House between trains on his way to Charleston. Lincoln lost the election — ■ but probably gained the nomination for the presidency in 1860 as a result of his new fame. In 1859 the whole state's rights and slavery issue boiled up to a terrible climax; old John Brown went berserk and tried to conquer Harpers Ferry in Virginia. His wild dream was to seize arms there and set up a revolution among Negroes in the South. He failed and went dangling at the gallows in December, 1859. But he became a sort of symbol, and the nation went slightly mad on slavery until the election of Lincoln — the "black Lincoln" — gave the states in the South the ex- . , cuse they needed to secede. Lin- coln paid his last visit to Coles County the last two days of Jan- uary, 1861, just before he left for Washington to become pres- ident. He traveled by train and paused in Mattoon on both Jan- uary 30 and February 1 — al- though it was 5:30 A. M. on the latter day. When the War came, Coles County's manpower plunged in with fury. It may have sent more men to arms than any other section of the state. Among the most heroic of the regiments were the 123rd, com- manded by Col. James Monroe of Mattoon, who met death in Tennessee, and the Twentv- Representative of the beauty in early Mattoon architec- ture is the Trinity Episcopal Church building at 2200 Western Ave. Note board walks in foreground. The orig- inal church building, then owned by the Unitarians, was built in 1873. Page 10 The famous "Corn Palace'' of an early Mattoon Street Fair at the turn of the century attracted wide attention. The second Mrs. William B. Mattoon ivas honored here in 1898. The first Mrs. Mattoon died at Terre Haute in 1856, a year after her husband completed building of the Terre Haute & Alton R. R. into Mattoon. First Illinois Infantry. This outfit was mustered into service on May 15 by Capt. U, S. Grant, then an obscure aide in the adjutant general's office in Springfield. On June 17 he was placed in charge of this 21st, after the men refused to serve under Col. C. C. Goode. the elected commander. To Goode's credit, he insisted on re-enlist- ing as a private, refusing a commission as captain. Grant was in Mattoon for "sev- eral days" around the middle of May, but he did not return in June wnen the 21st left Mattoon to rendezvous at Springfield. Only three other events during the Civil War period are of unusual interest to Mattooners. In February, 1864, William Mattoon made his final visit to the city. His was a sad mission, as he came from his home in Springfield, Mass., to attend the funeral of Harrison Messer, who had been killed at Shelbyville when a caboose struck him. Mattoon had been here in the winter of '61 -'62 on a business trip. He "RIVERS OF OIL" Mattoon ... "is surrounded by farms as rich as any in the country, and underlaid not only with coal but, as I believe, with rivers of oil and gas await- ing development." These prophetic words were used by Charles E. Wilson in 1906 to conclude his detailed historical account in the "ffistorical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Coles County". Mr. Wilson was president of the Mattoon National Bank at the time he wrote the history of the county. Almost a half century after the prophecy, Mattoon continues to reap the harvest of a robust oil boom which started in 1940 with a discovery well south of town. The main development did not come until 1946. however. At the peak of the boom more than 400 wells were pumping on the rich land south and southwest of Mattoon. Even today, after the boom has subsided, more than 260 wells are operating. New explorations are proceeding near Gays and north of Mattoon in the Cooks Mills area. Page 11 ,Aii;V , A cynosure for theatre and ' ' opera lovers in the early years of Mattoon was Etole's Hall and its successor buildings, located at „^ ,-^ V ..... the corner of Broadway and Six- ^^ i i'^ * teenth Street. The Dole brothers f^ W u il' -*„-„. began construction of Dole's Hall in 1866. That building burned in 1876, but they replaced it with a new structure and soon sold to Mrs. Carrie Kingman. Another fire in 1889 damaged the building and then on March 29, 1898, the old opera house was destroyed by a spectacular blaze touched off when a lamp was overturned. was to die in 1878 — almost penniless as a result of the panic of 1877. But Mrs. Mattoon — the second wife he married in 1859 — visited here in 1898 as a guest of the Street Fair Committee. The first Mrs. Mattoon died in 1856 in Terre Haute. On March 28, 1864. the "Copperheads" and ^ soldiers clashed on the square at Charleston. Six soldiers and three civilians were killed and 12 wounded. A number of those involved were members of a Mattoon regiment on leave. In this same year of high drama for Mattoon, death came to both James T. Cunningham and John L. Allison. Thus two of the handful of founders were gone within the first decade. Cunningham died from a fever contracted on an *m„« ««« Mrs. Emily Burgess Osborne, later to endow money for a new auditorium in . . • 1 c u A 1 Mattoon, is shown here riding- in Street inspection tour or Army camps in the bouth. Al- Fair parade; below, Broadway street 1. 1 11 1 r /^ f 1 .. 1 • Fair scene — 1900. lison died at the hands of Contederate troops in Mississippi, after being forced to dig his own grave. He was suspected of being a spy because he had gone in civilian clothes to operate a plantation near Vicksburg. The Allison-Cunning- ham Park in Mattoon is a perpetual reminder of the two stalwart pioneers. But there were constructive features of the war period. In 1863 James T. Cunningham and . . an associate began con- struction of the build- ing at the west end of the 1700 block — the structure we now call the Holmes building. It has undergone less change in ap- pearance since its construction than any other early building. Also, the Essex House began to achieve a reputation as the leading hotel in eastern Illinois. Ebenezer Noyes, the proprietor, was adding to his reputation as a remarkable and eccentric man. In January, 1865, the first permanent bank — The First Mrs. William B. Mattoon, 1898 Street Fair. Page 12 '-J rt^'*®a***«%ia^^^ h^' iJ^*\^^^f^^St^^S^ * • i*-^~"'-'- ' ABU\'E — Broomcorn seeding near Humboldt; AT LEFT — Hasbrouck property, 1121 Charleston, one of oldest hemes. National Bank of Mattoon. was organized. Immediately after the close of the war, Mattoon experienced a solid building boom. Among new structures to gain note later was The Dole House, first started by a syndicate of builders and then taken over by the Dole Brothers — Stephen Dexter and Joseph. This was in 1869 — and in that same year a writer in an Illinois Central Directory could say: "Mattoon . . . one of the most prosperous towns in this part of the state . . . has a population of 4.500 . . . Many new dwelling houses were built during the last year; also several brick business houses. . . . "There are seven churches in the town — schools are good and well attended . . . Four large public school houses are completed . . . there are four hotels, and another will be erected this season ... a national bank with a capital of $100,000; a printing office; three newspapers; 30 stores of all kinds . . . and 21 manufacturing establishments." (Story continued on page 18) ^./r/^//> /a^/ //v^/'^ XV, / ^ / ^'^ i ^.y1,U y >//'f . / //^'''^ <.^ /i/'" //^^ '/ ''•' '/V/' ' ^ ' /• /* ' ff I . r t fw/ f ^ s / ^ i^f^ / J./z/'y / / i / t^an/ ///'//' ./>H *e/( >/rr- /'^'" /• /^/./v . yc 7 ^/^/^/ ^yy Note last sentence of letter above sent to Elisha Linder in which writer says: "I want you and all good men to pray for old Abraham Lincoln every hour . . ." Page 13 LINKS BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT ; No. L MATTOON, /r Sharcs 1911 ' •- - ^ ' ■ {'/ ^ -/-- '" ... , . ' .^ , ■ f T^c National Bank of Mattoon /r^/ij^//i/j^t-jt^f'ri /Af ■ ^ff/u tyrMf ■:J^f/fe4-/ft^/'/M-ft./-/'f^ ■ O^//// y^/jltf/ //(/ .uf//•^fl• l/f/■fy////Jrr/A^fry//r The Natioiiai. Bavk or MAfipciT . !^f The number one stock certificate of The National Bank of Mattoon was purchased by Jesse D. Andre-ws. >nr^l"21alionai 113anh of TJUaUoon r. V. Hnt%l ft ttlll.no-t. oil It'-im-ilfd wltt, Tf-n—t'Tft'l"- t'Ktt'-tt Hl-itrs. ll- .t.ii tliH.l. 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These tiio banks later ivere to merge, thus producing the largest bank in Mattoon in Centennial Year — The National Bank of Mattoon. William B. Dunlap was the first president of the Mattoon National Bank. The document below shows one of the early transactions of the new banking firm. JiLitf'ynii. Jflliinn'.. <-''/■ ^ /- y ^ T|^- Mattoon National i /. /■'. .;.■ -^ Vp.', . m7 . .; J.^.yc ^■A'Vn^ /2! Dtyfli>'.- INDUSTRY AND THE SECOND HALF — 1905 - 1955 Shortly after the Civil War, farm land in the area was selling for from $9 to Sll per acre. A new industry — the growing of broomcorn and manufacturing of brooms — was on the verge of being introduced. Another notable event in Mattoon history came in the 1870'« with the construc- tion of another railroad line. In 1872 the Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon railroad had been completed and this line had connections to Pekin and Peoria. Four years later the Grayville & Mattoon Railroad was completed from Mattoon to Parkersburg. In 1879 these lines were consolidated into one railroad — the Peoria, Deca- tur & Evansville, which in 1900 be- came a branch of the Illinois Central. In this same era, Mattoon had a taste of coal mining. The Mattoon Mining Co., headed by Heagy & Stod- dard, mining contractors of Hampton, 111., in 1880 sunk a shaft to a vein at a depth of 710 feet, and eventually went 900 feet deep. By 1884 more than 33,000 tons of coal had been mined, but the venture was unprofit- able due to the cost of trying to elim- inate the salt water which kept invading the mine. The venture was abandoned in 1885, the tipple being torn away in the 1890's, and the shaft being covered in 1909. Tragedies balanced blesisings in the years to follow. Beginning in October, 1897, Mattoon sponsored a series of street fairs through the year 1904, which were to gain considerable fame for the city and leave a nostalgia among the residents which lingers even into centennial year. Among the highlights of these fairs was a remarkable corn palace built in 1900 under the direction of Mrs. Franc Drish, who was an artist of considerable renown. Thousands of visitors enjoyed Mattoon's hospitality during THE BIG TWISTER ^ 1917 THE BIG TRENCH — 1914 Lowering of IC Tracks these unusual events, which featured displays, fireworks, acrobatic and aerial events, and the entertaining of distinguished visitors. In 1907, 18 persons were killed and 54 injured in the "world's worst interurban wreck". One hundred people were enroute to the Coles County Fair on August 30, when the collision occurred at Cossell Creek near Charleston. The worst disaster from natural causes in the city's history was wrought by a tornado which struck the north one-third of Mattoon on Saturday afternoon. May 26. 1917. Al- though the howling wind crossed Mattoon in IJIL \\ ELL PUMP less than two minutes, it left a terrible toll in human life and property damage. Sixty- four people were killed and 457 others injured. The property damage was estimated at more than a million and a quarter dollars. The second 50 years %^ of Mattoon history is largely a story of solid growth and develop- ment, interspersed with occasional moments of tragedy and excite- ment. One of the most GENERAL ELECTRIC FACTORY ^i„„ifi^3„, „f ,^^ „^„ sources of wealth is the oil field at the southwest edge of the city. The J. H. Seaman No. lA, drilled by Carter Oil Co. in 1940, is generally regarded as the discovery well. But the main development came in 1945 and 1946 when 415 wells were active. dry liii ytAfk I hi. i iiili Eighty-seven holes were drilled. A PIONEER CARTER OIL CO. About 250 wells are still pumping in centennial year. The coming of new industries in 1955 — Blaw-Knox and American Brass; the completion of the million-dollar wing of the hospital; a new Armory building; the start of a $1,600,000 school building program — all these are symbols of the Clark Foundry steady, soundly-conceived economy of "Mr. Mattoon's City" in centennial year. Close Neighbors" — CRAWFORD SHOE CO. i. Page 19 A Product of Gar Wood Co. SCOTT S »48V ««9«S' "wssesft — ^ww**" Typical of scenes showing "Mattoon at work" in Prosperous Small Industry, Scott Shoe Co. Centennial Year is the above picture of employees at the Century Broom Works. Our city has long been I noted as a center for the broomcorn growing and r broom manufacturing industries. The picture below shows one of the older and most substantial industries — the Brown Shoe Co., located on the north side of the city. ~f^ »tf^ This impressive million-dollar addition to hospital, as it nears completion during Centennial Year. The Immaculate Conception Church, one of the first religious bodies to organize in Mattoon, completed this beautiful parochi- al school almost 100 years after founding of city. PART II Early Mattoon Banking First National Bank Building — at 1613 Broad- way; founded in 1865. Mattoon banking history dates back to 1858 — - three years after the founding of the city. James T. and John Cunningham of Mattoon and Thomas A. Marshall and 0. B. Ficklin of Charleston joined to open a private bank at what later became 1713 Broadway. Using the trade style of Marshall, Cunninghams, True & Ficklin, this institution did business until the middle of 1860. John W. True, a member of the first bank, was appointed cashier of a successor, The Mattoon Bank, the history of which is obscure. It apparently served until 1862 when Pilkington & Green, anotlier private bank, began operations in the building used by Marshall, Cunninghams, True & Ficklin. Banking in this period was a hazardous pursuit for banker and depositor alike. The problem was national — one which plagued Lincoln in his efforts to raise money for the war effort. The value of money fluctuated almost daily. More than 1700 types and de- nominations of notes were in use. Many were counterfeit. Few private institutions could weather the ebb and flow of values. Congress in 1864 established a uniform system of banking under legislation known as "An Act to Provide a National Currency." A new era of banking began near the close of the Civil War. The product of this stability in Mattoon was a new bank — the First Na- tional Bank of Mattoon. Thirty-two of the most influential men in western Coles County organized this bank earlv in 1865. The cap- ital stock was S60.000. The application for charter went to Washington so early that the bank for many years could claim a unique distinction. Among 3,616 banks of comparative net resources, the First National Bank was the first of the national banks in the State of Illinois and the twenty-fifth in the nation. History does not reveal how the local incorporators managed to have a charter filed so soon after passage of the banking act. A reasonable assumption is that the influence of the Dole family played a role. Charles M. Dole, president of the new bank, was a brother of William Palmer Dole, Commissioner of In- dian Affairs under Lincoln during the Civil War. W. P. Dole also owned considerable land in eastern Illinois including what later was known as the Rudy farm south of Mattoon. He was partner in several business ventures with his brothers in Mattoon. The first board of directors, elected on February 21, 1865, was composed of C. M. Dole, Alonzo Eaton, Samuel Smith, William Miller, S. W. True, J. C. Dole. I. R. Herkimer, Hiram Cox and L. Chapin. On the following day the directors elected Mr. Charles M. Dole president, who thus became head of the first permanent 11. , • A T .^ ii 1 • /• 1 • 1 . • 1 • ' The Mattoon Na- iDanking house in Mattoon, the history of which is carried into tne tionai Banl< build- present day by The National Bank of Mattoon. way; founded 1S74. The First National Bank succeeded Pilkington & Green, whose trade style had been changed to Pilkington & Co. when Mr. Green withdrew and W. B. Dunlap and C. G. Townsend became partners in 1863. The new bank bought the business, safe, furni- Page 21 ture and fixtures of its predecessor for $1,000, began business in that company's offices, and took over its accounts. During the same year the directors voted to buy property for a new bank. Choos- ing the "Hiram Cox lot" at 1613 Broadway, the bank paid Sl,800 for the property, then considered a high price. Capital stock was increased to $100,000 within a few months and the bank moved to its new quarters in 1866. Favored by rapid growth of Mattoon and good times generally, the bank grew steadily and accumulated a heavy reserve. Its strong position was an asset in 1878- 79 when the nation staggered through a severe p»|»^ • ■ ; , -,,;, depression. A competing bank, the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Mattoon, crashed and car- ried with it the deposits of many business men and several farmers. By passing dividend pay- ments for those two years the First National Bank conserved its earnings. These were the only lapses in dividend payments in the 81 years' history of the institution and its successor. The National Bank of Mattoon. Another competitor, the Mattoon National Bank, also rode out the storm without serious damage. This bank, organized in 1874, had a meteoric rise — once boasted honestly that it had "two dollars of surplus laid by for every dollar of capital stock." This affluence placed it seventh on the national roll of honor in the nation and second in Illinois. The Mattoon National Bank was chartered on May 20, 1874, and placed its man- agement in the hands of the following directors: E. B. McClure, Moses Kahn, Jon- athan Richmond, Ambrose Kern, G. T. Kilner, Michael Walsh, Joseph H. Clark, and W. B. Dunlap. Choosing an experienced man for the presidency, the directors named W. B. Dunlap, a former partner in Pilkington & Co. and cashier of the First National Bank until he resigned in 1874. Joseph Clark, later to be president, was chosen casn- ier. This bank erected a building at 1704 Broadway and conducted business there Above is the front of the Spitler Noble Insurance Agency. The three men in the center doorway are A. Spitler, John Thode and Joe Withing-ton. Miss Merle Spitler, now Mrs. Harvey Wright, in front. -«tj « r • CAPTAIN WITHINGTON DR. C. B. FRY COLONEL BOGGS Three of the most colorful and influential leaders in early Mattoon history are pictured above. At left is Captain Joseph "Cap" Withington, descendant of a noble ETnglish family, pioneer business man in Mattoon, mayor and historian; in center is Dr. Charles B. Fry, mayor of Mattoon from 1899 through 1902 and a prominent civic leader; at right is Col. Boggs, colorful personality in Mattoon's early history and a companion of "Buffalo" Bill Cody. Page 22 CHARLES E. WILSON continuously until 191 L Banking was an influential profession by 1880. Salaries scarcely matched the prestige, however. Fifteen hundred dollars a year was the average income of a president. Bookkeepers were paid $30 a month. Bank officials were cautious with loans. During its first year of business, tne First National loaned money to the in- dividual directors of the West Side School rather than to the school district, which was newly organized. Thus a way was found to promote the growth of public in- stitutions. That the two leading banks of Mattoon should ever merge seemed a remote possibility to Mat- toon citizens. Both were powerful institutions, expertly managed and financially secure. The delicate health of one man and the am- bition of another were the agents of the merger. Kentucky-born, shrewd Chas. E. Wilson was president of the Mattoon National in 1911. Lewis L. Lehman, immigrant from Germany and a former president of the Mattoon National, head- ed the rival concern. Mr. Wilson's health had been frail for a num- ber of years. As early as 1903 he had told the board of directors that he must spend less time at the bank. He offered to give up one-third of his salary if a vice-president could be installed and repeated this request in 1905. Still, his zeal for banking never ebbed. In 1910 he reported to the board that he had purchased for the bank the premises at 1632-34 Broadway for $30,000. He had thwarted his rival, Mr. Lehman, who had offered $27,500. The board approved and authorized the construction of a new three-story building, the cost of which was approximately $60,000. Late in the year 1910 President Wilson de- spaired of regaining his health and decided to sell his stock. Working quietly, he arranged to sell to George W. Parker, a St. Louis stockhold- er. Mr. Lehman heard of the proposal and, sensing the chance for a sensational coup, got in touch with Mr. Parker. He reached terms quickly. Not until two months later did Mr. Wilson know of the transaction. Mr. Lehman then announced that the two banks would be merged and use the name, The National Bank of Mattoon. A writer of that period remarked that the report of the consolidation "caused the greatest sensation of any financial news ever published in the county." L. L. LEHMAN On July 1, 1911, the new bank opened for business in the beautiful new building which had been erected by the Mattoon National and occupied by that institution for only two months. Mr. Lehman continued as president. Capital and surplus to- taled $300,000 and deposits exceeded $1,200,000. One other bank was organized in Mattoon before the turn of the century. The Page 23 PEOPLE AT WORK — in the general office of the Kuehne Mfg. Co., one of the leading industries of our city. People at ivork — in offices, in shops and on our rich farm land spells growth and prosperity and happiness. Truly, "Everyone Likes Mattoon." Mattoon State Savings Bank was founded in 1893, opening for business in the Mon- tague building at the corner of Broadway and 17th Street. James H. Clark was the first president. In 1911 it bought the Coles County State Bank which began business in 1908 at 1618 Broadway with J. B. Cartmell as president. The Mattoon State Savings Bank changed its name to the State National Bank in 1912, became a state bank again in 1921 under the name of the State Trust & Savings Bank, and closed on January 7, 1924. Reorganized by E. T. Guthrie, the bank reopened on January 22 as the First State Bank of Mattoon, but voluntarily liquidated on December 9, 1926. In centennial year, 1955, Mattoon has two banks. The Central National Bank of Mattoon, organized in 1910 as the Central Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, had total assets as of May 1, 1955, of $5,627,360.14. On the same date. The National Bank of Mattoon showed assets of $13,541,756.01. Thus total banking assets of the city are $19,169,116.15. Both institutions have completed major remodeling projects since the close of World War II — The National Bank of Mattoon in 1946 and the Central National Bank in 1954, which marked the occasion with an open house in January, 1955. Few cities of similar size can point to such modern and secure banking facilities as exist in Mattoon in "Centennial Year." Page 24 AN EXPRESSION OF CONFIDENCE C/iARL£5T0H AVE. A < * (not to scale) k: 5/fAPED AREAS ARE ^ -^ ..Ml^^ .PROPERTY /oo % GO' J//mo/s Conso/idofed le/ephone Co. Bui/c//ng T? ^ ALLEY ^ ^ First- Fee/era/ 3a/7c/if7^ k !5 ^^ ^ \ IJL-, mBA5/i Ai^ENUE As Mattoon completed its first 100 years, the management of The National Bank of Mattoon expressed its utmost confidence in prospects for the upcoming century. On December 31, 1954, and early in January, 1955, the bank purchased valuable properties between Charleston and Wabash Avenues near Fifteenth Street. The real estate acquired covers almost three-fourths of an acre. It may be used as a parking area for its customers and future expansion as needs dictate. In any event, the old- est permanent banking firm in Mattoon is prepared to grow with the community as the second century unfolds. SOURCES OF INFORMATION — MATTOON HISTORY Books — Historical: (". H. Coleman: Abraham Lincoln and Coles County, Illinois. Xew Brunswick, N. J., Scarecrow Press, 1955. Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Rich- land, Illinois, (no author shown), Chicago, F. A. Battery and Co., 1884. The History of Coles County, (no author shown), Chicago, William LeBaron, Jr., and Co., 1879. Usher P. Linder: Reminiscences of the Early Bench and Bar of Illinois. Chicago, Chicago Legal News Co.., 1879. K. E. Sparks: "The Lincoln- Douglas De- bates", Collections of Illinois State Histor- ical Library, Vol. Ill Springfield, 19(i8. Charles E. Wilson, Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Coles County, Chi- cago, ^Munsell Publishing Ci>., 19«■ >«?^ Not Pictured FRED GRANT (Retired) FRED WHITE (Deceased) J. LOGAN GO\Ti:R Insurance Appointed Director as booklet sent to press TO THE PUBLIC: This year Mattoon celebrates its 100th birthday. For 90 of those 100 years it has been the privil- ege of The National Bank of Mattoon or its pred- ecessors to serve this community. We take pride in the part this bank and its staff have played in the growth and development of this community in the past, and it is our resolve to continue to conduct our bank in such a manner as will build and serve in the future. M. F. BEHREND Page 26 MANAGEMENT The six officers pictured here comprise the management group of The National Bank of Mattoon. They meet regularly to decide policy and plan for the future. One hundred ninetv-three years of banking experience is represented in this group. M. F. Behrend H. O. Phipps E. C BAUER began employment with The National Bank of Mattoon in 1936, and was ad- vanced to the position of Trust Officer in 1951, and to the joint office of Cashier and Trust Officer in 1953. In addition to his duties with the Bank, he is well known for his com- munity activities. M. F. BEHREND was named President of The National Bank in 1953 to succeed J. Stanley Weis, who now serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Behrend has served the Bank since 1916, and for 10 years prior to his Presidency, was Trust Officer. H. O. PHIPPS, Vice President, serves in the Loan and Investment field of Banking and has been with the Bank since 1930. Prior to his promotion to the office of Vice President in 1951, Mr. Phipps served as Cashier. LEO SCOFIELD has worked with The National Bank of Mattoon since 1924, serving as Auditor and Assistant Vice President from 1950. Mr. Scofield is also well known in the community for his service as City Commissioner. JOHN SHEEKS was employed by The National Bank of Mattoon in 1920 and has worked through the various departments of the Bank since that time. He has held the titles of Assistant Cashier, Assistant Vice President and was promoted to the Office of Vice President in 1951. John is well known for his interest in youth activities. E. W. VOLLMER is rounding out his 44th year of banking experience with The National Bank of Mattoon, having started with the Bank in 1911. Mr. Vollmer has been a life-long resident of the community and is widely known for his participation in civic affairs. *, 1** Burke, H. C. — 2« Bunnell House __ 6 Bock, George 2*5 Carpenter, Davis, Jr. — 7 Cunningham, James T. 5, 7, 12 Cunningham, John 7 Dilsaver, J. I. 2G Dole, Charles M. 21 Dole, Joseph C. 13, 21 Dole, Stephen D. 4, 5, 13 Dole, William P. - 21 Douglas, Stephen A. 8, 10 Essex House 10, 12, 31 Gaw, Thomas W. — 9 Goode, Col. C. C. 11 Grant, U. S. 9, 11 Hoag, Francis 26 Hunt, Josiah 7 Illinois Central R. R. 3, 4, 6, 8 Jennings, Ephraim 4, 5 Jennings, Ichabod 5 Jones, Charles Floyd 7 Kuehne, Fred Jr. 26 Lehman, Lewis 23 Lincoln, Abraham 8, 9, 10 Lincoln, Thomas , — 10 Lincoln, Mrs. Sarah Bush 10 Linder, Usher 5, 7 Linder, Elisha 5 Mason, Roswell 5 Mattoon Gazette __ 9 Mattoon, William B. 6, 11 Mattoon, Mrs. W. B. 11, 12 Meadows, John 5 Messer, Harrison 5, 7, 11 Miller, Jasper 4 Monroe, Col. James 10 Noyes, E'benezer 5, 6, 7, 12 Osborne, Mrs. Emily Burgess 12, 30 Owings, S. M. 9 Ownby, Clara Shafer 9 Phillips, Wendell 6 Phipps, H. O. 27 Richardson, Samuel Q. 7 Richmond, Jonathan 8, 9 Sanderson, H. Q. 7 Scofield, Leo 27 Sheeks, John 27 Terre Haute & Alton R. R 5, 6, 8 Tobey, Michael — 8 True brothers - 7 True, John W. - ^1 Tuell, William B. — 7 Turney, Benjamin 5, 7 Vollmer, E. W. 26, 27 Wilson, Charles E. 9, 11, 23 HAIL THE PIONEERS! The National Bank of Mattoon sa- lutes the scores of pioneer people and early settlers who helped create the city we know today. Among those who deserve special mention are the follow- ing: James T. and John Cunningham, John Allison, The Dole brothers — Stephen, Joseph and Charles; The Riddles, Ephraim and Ichabod Jen- nings, The Neals, T. C. P. Lane, Mrs. Carrie Kingman, Ebenezer Noyes, Jo- seph W. Clark, James H. Clark, Hor- ace 8. Clark, J. W. Richmond, The Ferguson family, George Richmond, Col. R. H. McFadden, Prank A. Nowell, Samp Herst, Tlie Appersons, Morrises and J. W. Dora, The True family, James W. Craig, Thomas McKee, Michael T. Tobey, Fi'ank Allison, the Richardsons, Capt. Joe Withington, the Linders, the Monroes, and many others. SPECIAL MENTION Manuscript collections, Mattoon Histor- ical Society: papers by Clarence Bell, Mrs. H. E. Champion, Mrs. H. E. Greer, Wal- ter Kemper, Paul Kizer, Ray Redding and Mrs. Wilham Roney. Illinois State Historical Library, Dr. Harry E. Pratt and Mrs. Marian Pratt, Springfield. Page 30 SOME MATTOON PIONEER ADVERTISERS UATToov iLLutoie. an diuktoct sa SftobUikadli IWO MBI ilfTB Taylor Wm M, Itb, o t oor c 8d and Uoaltrlc »Y Terrtll Btrry, hdt Dolx Hoqm Tbi^tcbfr JUDM A,»orT S t I Jeao-Dn, roc cor K and ■ td TlM KAttoon IHiSf ftBd W—kly Joum&I. Woodi Broa, pabliaJbara aJXJ propneton, • a a Vtv ( ( Broadway av The MAttOOn Ouette, C B fiosv-arkk * Co, pobliabera and srapra, o • Broadway aT opp • Itt Je John, i«rpent«r, r n « oor Uoi&a and Moaltri* av TbodyTtx^J Jar* k C o, r_o w cor « ttk aad Dewitt aT Tkomaa Dorcaa, wid of SarooeJ, rot Waboab av 8 * • 6dl ThoBUf Hoeia, lab, r v • • 6Ui 1 o Prairia av ~ • •< ..-._„.. 1.1, .,.J Voak.1l av FRENCH MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING Wedding Outfits and Mourning Costumes a Specialty 8. T Taylor** •ritam of Dreu Cutting acd Fitting taught. All Wn • ■ " — • -Indi of Hair 'Work madj to order SIATTOCN, ILLI50IS. xaoo. le-zo. KAHN BROS., TBX OZASST AJTS ZiiiZlCXST IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. Goodf made to order in first-lass style or ihon notice. An IB- iDCDs^ stock of Hat« and Pnrnisbi'ng Good? always oo band. MAXXOON, Il^I^IISOlS. G. E. COLSON, -DBALU a- KLOUR, FEED, A^c. ■«(tk aid* BnUvv bat. SMoad Md TUri, ^S^SEX^Mtif^^^ 2:>.:o o~' TRA-iZtfiOAJO i'r.jvTKOSS'fc*.' Boot A @hob House ijsr the: cityi X7 mctte U " 3«id Ooodi, QT:lak 8»1« ud SbjlU Praflu." »«. 4 lut Bi«dw»y, MATTOON, ILL OBLINGER & COPPAGE; Ko. 18 West Brcidwaj. ilATTdoi?. ILI.. Drugs, ICEDICIOTIS, Cliemicals, Pamts, Oils an* Glaasware, Perfumery, Soaps, Bmshea, Combs, NotJora^Etc. Pore Wioe* sod Liqaorv foi Medicina' Purposes S. AliSCHUIilSB, PhotOor^phic Artist And Hilling Estallisbnent^ Tkrte Doors East Firsi ^atwnoJ Bank, A£^1**X*OOig^, XX^X..ZI«70XS. FiBeBMb. HejiaDt Hole Psper J. Z. A'TSR, ASD KEW8 OEaX£E Complat* stock of Mus»c, Picturt Framta, *c., •N