City of Casey issued the following announcement on March 28.
The Clark County Development Organization along with the Clark County Board invites you to the Clark County bicentennial celebration on Friday March 29, 2019 at 10am at the Clark County Courthouse, 501 Archer Ave, Marshall, IL 62441.
Clark County Courthouse will be hosting an open house where you can tour the historic building from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. A program will be held, at 10:00 AM (CST), in the courtroom on the second floor with Chief Circuit Judge Tracey Resch, Senator Dale Righter and a choir made up from students from all three schools in Clark County. The program will end with a dedication to the original rock that was located at the first Clark County Courthouse.
Clark County was formed in 1819 out of Crawford County. At the time of its formation, Clark County included about a third of Illinois, and extended as far north as the present state of Wisconsin. In 1821 the northern part of Clark County became part of the newly created Pike County on January 31, and the newly created Fayette County took the western part of Clark County on February 14. Edgar County was created from the northern part of Clark County on January 3, 1823. The creation of Coles County occupied additional land from western Clark County, effective December 25, 1830. The boundaries of Clark County have been unchanged since.
Clark County was named for George Rogers Clark (older brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition), an officer of the army of Virginia that captured the Northwest Territory from the British during the Revolutionary War.
Everyone is invited & encouraged to attend this momentous celebration.
Original source can be found here.
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