Gazetteer of Madison County, 1866

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gazetteer of Madison County, 1866: Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Alton City, Upper Alton, Edwardsville, Collinsville, Highland, Troy, Monticello, Marine, Bethalto, and Other Towns Before a complete and well written history of a locality can be prepared it is necessary that narrations of the subject matter it contains, shall have had the benefit of a somewhat general circulation in order that it pass through the refiner's fire of criticism - from those who are in many cases better prepared to judge of their accuracy than he who publishes them - and come forth the pure metal of facts. This book, so far as con cerns its historical contents, may be considered a step in that direction for Madison County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.