ummertime brings longer hours of daylight allowing more time for outdoor activities. The citizens of Geneseo have always enjoyed taking advantage of these longer daylight hours to take part in activities outside of their homes. They would attend or take part in parades, circuses, baseball, softball, summer fairs and local festivals.

Have you ever wondered what the history was behind the little building at the corner of South State Street and North Street here in Geneseo.

Horn graduated from Geneseo Township High School in 1936 and enlisted for services on March 13, 1940. He went to serve our country after working a short time at the Midland Coal Mine near Atkinson, Illinois.

The Geneseo Windmill and Pump Company began in 1879 in their building near the train depot. The company would lease the building from Horace Moses who had another agricultural based industry on the site.

The 1900’s brought many new inventions to the citizens of Geneseo. One of those was known as the horseless carriage.

The collecting of records in the United States can go back as far as 1790 when the government went out to see how large the country was by the number of people living in it.

Geneseo and Henry County have been home for many businesses.  The Canning Factory, The Geneseo Creamery, The Eagle Stove Works, and The Piston Factory were just a few of those early industries of Geneseo.