Okay Bruce, Sports generate communications of memories..... all things, sports, wars, loves, antidotes and reminiscing about days gone by generate history. Some topics that might be fun... Remember when they tore down the Marion Court House? It was hotly contested, some people wanted to save that old building. I think they were right. It would have made a beautiful museum. The tower in the Plaza is impressive, but it's not the face of Marion that I remember. To me it's still the Marion Square. Progress. What a concept! Is South Market Street still a brick road? What has happened to the Square now? Are there still major stores there. I remember Grants, Ben Franklin, Bainbridge Jewelers, the Dotty Shop, Hotel State, Illinois Brokerage, the Bank of Marion and the Gem Cafe and the steak house. The horror would be that all the stores move out to a mall and downtown becomes nothing but thrift shops. I always thought that downtown or uptown should be the heart of a city. I haven't lived there since the early 70s but it is still home to me. My folks were founding families of Williamson County. Jerry Mullins PO Box 733 Colfax, CA 95713 (530)346-1022 Researching: NORMAN/BAKER/SANDERS/THAXTON/MANN/HOPKINS WADKINS/MULLINS/GROVES/RODDEN/COOK/BLYTHE My Web Page : www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/6649 email: [email protected]