Woodford County Man Was First in Illinois To Fulfill the Promise of the 15th Amendment
Tory Dahlhoff / WCBU In the basement of the Legacy Building in El Paso, Illinois is a small corner room with a wall of cinderblocks filling a doorway that once led to the street above. Around 125 years ago locals entered here for a shave and a chat with their barber, David Strother. Now just a dim light from a single bulb reveals the remaining frame and narrow countertop of Strother’s barber station, just enough to imagine how it once looked. When it comes to Central Illinois historical fi...
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