History of Jersey co,. IL Sesquicentennial edition 1991 page 54 some extraction from the article The International Shoe Company June 21, 1910, meeting here , concerning the report of the committee of five that had gone to St Louis to confer with The Roberts, Johnson and Rand Shoe company about building a building . The Company already had a factory here( where Furnishing Unlimited now stand) Named four men, on the committee . A R & M teamof ball players played benefit game to increase the factory fund. team other fund raiser was listed. The factory was located east of C.P. &St.L railroad station on the ball park site, the building to be completed before Jan. 1, 1911. by 1957, the shoe company , now called the internation Shoe comapny was closed down. more detail given, company building was sold in 1959, and later razed. Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: < [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:19 PM Subject: [ILJersey] Shoe Factory> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ig.2ADI/833 Message Board Post: Can anyone point me in the correct direction for finding information about the shoe factory that was located in Jerseyville? Thanks, Liz