Ohlman’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Ohlman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village is named for Michael Ohlman, a Civil War captain of a Mississippi River steamboat. The settlement was located on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ohlman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ohlman’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOhlman, Illinois (1913), 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Ohlman
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Ohlman, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Ohlman is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ohlman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kitchell Park in Pana, 8 miles away.
Ohlman and the nearest listed places
Closest to Ohlman
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ohlman, Illinois (1913) (1913) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.