Downtown Sterling, IL

1. E. 3rd Street & Locust circa 1907

2. Sterling Dixon & Eastern Electric Railways

3. Sterling Hydraulic Co. from 1871

4. "Lightning" the dog outside Janssen & Goeken Dry Goods & Grocery

5. Sterling founder Hezekiah Brink

6. "Sterling Lady Zouaves" drill team

7. First Pioneer steam engine in Sterling, 1855

8. "Sterling Secret Six" IL State Troopers, 1930's

9. First City Hall & Fire Station

10. "Adelante" Hispanic Community

11. Ringling Brothers Circus Fire in Sterling, 1912

12. "Northwestern Fair" circa 1906

13. First Airplane Flyover, circa 1910

14. First Avenue Bridge, circa 1876-1924

15. "Major Sterling and the Coin Toss Naming City of Sterling"

16. "Presidents Corner" depicts US President s who have visited Sterling.

17. "Sarah Worthington" first Sterling teacher, circa 1838

18. "American Legion" depicts Sterling's American Legion in various acts of service

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