Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA
Notizen:
Wikipedia 2018:
Pana is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. A small portion is in Shelby County. The population was 5,614 at the 2000 census.
History:
Pana was first known as Stone Coal Precinct when it was founded on June 6, 1845. The name was later changed to Pana Township on September 2, 1856. In 1857, the village of Pana was incorporated. The name "Pana" is derived from the American Indian tribe, the Pawnee. It developed at the intersection of east-west and north-south railroads, and had supplies of fuel and water for the steam engines of the railroad.
This became a center of coal mining in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In April 1899 what is known as the Pana riot broke out after a violent confrontation between black and white miners. Initially a white man was killed (by a policeman, it was later discovered), and white union miners attacked black replacement workers who had been recruited from Alabama. Six additional people were killed: one white (likely also shot by a white man) and five blacks; in addition, six more black miners were wounded. While the immediate violence was quelled, blacks felt tremendous hostility. Rather than return to Alabama and the Jim Crow South, from where they had been recruited, 211 of the nearly 300 African Americans remaining in town moved west to Weir, Kansas, to work at another mine.
It came to be known as the City of Roses, a nickname coined by local newsmen, the Jordan Brothers. Many major florists and growers set up shop here. At one time, there were 109 greenhouses in Pana.
Kitchell Park, one of the few parks listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places, is located in Pana and was added to the Register in 1992.
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Nachname, Taufnamen  |
Geburt  |
Personen-Kennung | ||
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| 1 |  Jageman, Theodora | 10 Okt 1857 | Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA | I219211 |
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Tod |
Personen-Kennung | ||
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| 1 | Neuhart, Friedrich | 28 Dez 1903 | Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA | I183676 |
| 2 | Reed, Robert Lewis | 5 Feb 1940 | Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA | I233183 |
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| Familie |
Eheschließung |
Familien-Kennung | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burks / Neuhart | 10 Dez 1890 | Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA | F61377 |