SANDUSKY
Alexander County/Illinois Genealogy Trails
Sandusky was established along the
narrow guage railroad where the lumber interests predominated.
There were three sawmills; one owned by George Freeze of Elco
Precinct, one was operated by St. Louis parties and the third by
a gentleman of Pulaski County. The village had one store and one
saloon in the 1880s. It was known at one time as Helena.
--Source: HISTORY OF ALEXANDER, UNION AND
PULASKI COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, edited by William Henry Perrin, 1883,
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publisher, 183 Lake
St.
Sandusky is located on Illinois Route 127 south of Tamms.
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