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/5g.2ADI/84.3.1.1 Message Board Post: I ordered mine about 4 years ago through the Historical Society of Washington County, PO box 9, Nashville, Il 62263 I think it was about $30 You might want to get it through your local library. Ask them to do an inter-library loan. I'm sure the Mt. Vernon library has it as well as other libraries surrounding Washington Co. Another soft bound book I got that has many interesting stories about the history and founding of the small communities of Washington Co is; This is Washington County , Illinois Sesquicentennial 1818-1968