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| | Southwest Illinois News - Grafton, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | GRAFTON, IL, (SWI-News.com) - The annual Rod Run, Sept 29, 2001, featuring nearly 165 antique cars, kit cars, trucks and an assortment of customized vehicles, began in Caseyville early Saturday morning and headed along the Great River Road for a stopover in Grafton for lunch before finishing in Collinsville. |
 | | Grafton, the oldest town in Jersey County, offers a wonderful selection of antique and craft shops, restaurants and bed and breakfast lodgings. |
 | | The native limestone quarried in Grafton during the mid nineteenth century was used as the piering for the Eads Bridge in St. Louis as well as the old St. Charles Bridge. |
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