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     Much of the information about Fairbury found on this web site came from Accounts and Tales of Early Fairbury, Illinois by Alma Lewis James. This book can be checked out from the Dominy Memorial Library. Several parts of the book were also published in the Fairbury Blade on April 3, 1958, and was dubbed The Buckle on the Cornbelt. Most of the pictures in the photo gallery were scanned from this book, and can also be found in The Local Record.

     Dale Albee published a number of stories of Fairbury life in The Blade entitled Fairbury Glimpses. He also provided a picture of Main Street taken atop the water tower. K.A. Strictland wrote an essay about Fairbury's saloonkeepers for a History 402 class. She provided insight on the daily life of Fairbury's citizens in the 1800's.

These web sites also provided information about Fairbury found here:
City Data
Illinois State Archives

Many businesses in Fairbury also have their own web sites:
Advanced Tech Systems, Inc.
American Red Cross of the Heartland
Benchwarmers Pub
Bluestem National Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
Dominy Memorial Library
Edelman Auction Service
Edward Jones Investments
Fairbury, Illinois Web Site
Fairview Haven
Fugate Timber
Fehr Real Estate
Heartland Business Services
K&S Lincoln-Mercury
Kaeb's Gospel Gifts
Marchelloni Pizza
Prairie Central Co-Op
Rabe's Carpet Cleaning
United Soils