Editing Godfrey, Illinois (section)

==History==
The village is named for Captain [[Benjamin Godfrey]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n138 139]}}</ref> a native [[New England]]er, who arrived in the area in 1832. 1838 saw the establishment of the Monticello Female Seminary, later renamed Monticello College. Captain Godfrey, the father of eight daughters, was an advocate of higher education for women and made a large donation of funds and land for the college. Monticello operated as a two-year college for women until the campus was sold in 1970 to establish [[Lewis and Clark Community College]]. Monticello's final class graduated in 1971.

The nearby mouth of the Missouri River was the starting point for the expedition of [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021201085558/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2002|title=National Geographic: Lewis & Clark—The Journey Begins|website=www.nationalgeographic.com|access-date=May 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://missouririver.visitmt.com/lewis-clark/|title=Lewis & Clark - Montana's Missouri River Country|website=Montana's Missouri River Country|language=en-US|access-date=May 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/gp/lewisandclark/|title=Lewis and Clark: A Missouri River Adventure|last=Reclamation|first=Bureau of|website=www.usbr.gov|access-date=May 22, 2016}}</ref>