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Randolph County Museum & Archives

See an old electric chair (last used to execute a woman who killed her brother), and many county and Native American atifacts, and Kaskaskia manuscripts.

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Getting There & Details

Hours
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Address
1 Taylor St.
Phone
618-826-2667
Map
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