Gilman’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Gilman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Gilman was laid out in the fall of 1857 on land belonging to E.D. Hundley, Judge John Chamberlain (24 October 1803 – 16 December 1866), and three Methodist ministers: Walter C. Palmer, Joseph Hartwell, and John Dempster. Hundley, who was from Virginia, left Illinois for the South at the outbreak of the Civil War. The three ministers, who had been given their land by Mr. Cassady of Danville, played no further role in the development of the town.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Gilman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gilman’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAmtrak Illini in Gilman, February…, 1989: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gilman, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Gilman is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gilman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Glenwood School in Ash Grove, 13.1 miles away.
Gilman and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Amtrak Illini in Gilman, February 1989 (1989) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.