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Site of Palmyra

Mount Carmel, Illinois
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Palmyra, settled on April 22, 1815, was the first county seat of Edwards County. At that time, Edwards County embraced one third of the State of Illinois and a part of Michigan and Wisconsin, extending to Upper Canada. Twenty Indian mounds were also located on this site.
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Mount Carmel, Illinois · United States

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