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Madison County, Illinois
There is a bottle
of catsup in the National Register of Historic Places. It is,
in fact, The World’s
Largest Catsup Bottle, located just south of
downtown Collinsville in Madison County. The 170-foot water
tower was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company for the
G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant – bottlers of Brooks
Rich & Tangy Catsup.
Madison County is proud of its catsup bottle landmark, a
shining example of 20th-century roadside Americana at its
finest. Named for James Madison, the fourth president of the
United States, the county was formed before in 1812, before
Illinois became a state. Madison was also a member of the
Continental Congress and the federal constitutional convention
of 1787.
In addition to Collinsville, other major cities and towns in
Madison County include Glen Carbon, Granite City and
Edwardsville, the county seat. Other significant attractions
abound throughout the county.
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The Cahokia
Mounds State Historic Site, also in
Collinsville, holds the remains of a subtribe of the
Illini who lived in the region. The 2,200-acre site has
been designated a World Heritage Site by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
for its importance in understanding the cultural heritage
of the native civilizations in North America.
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Horseshoe
Lake State Park, in Granite City, is a
2,960-acre park that surrounds Oxbow Lake, and is a
popular site for fishing, birding, boating, camping and
hiking.
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Leclaire
Village, in Edwardsville, was developed in the
late 1800s by industrialist N.O. Nelson as a model company
town. Today, it is a national historic district.
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