Dixon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Dixon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Dixon was platted in 1869 at the time a railroad was extended through to the neighborhood and a post office bearing the name of the town has been in operation since that time. The community takes its name from Dixon, Illinois, the native home of a share of the railway builders.
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Start Dixon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dixon’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewRiddle Bridge, Spanning Gasconada…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dixon
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Dixon, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Dixon is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dixon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Onyx Cave in Newburg, 8.4 miles away.
Dixon 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 Riddle Bridge, Spanning Gasconada River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.