Editing Highland, Illinois (section)

==History==
Highland was settled in the early 19th century by Swiss-German settlers. The town was founded in 1837 and celebrated its 175th Jubilee in 2012.<ref>[http://highlandcelebrates.com/pdffiles/Purpose&Timeline.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812134510/http://highlandcelebrates.com/pdffiles/Purpose%26Timeline.pdf |date=2014-08-12 }}</ref> It was first named [[Helvetia]] (pronounced hellveesha) in accordance with the heritage of the town's Swiss-German founding members. The town voted to change its name to the English version, "Highland", in the early 20th century, as well as stopping production of its [[German language]] newspaper, in part to avoid negativity towards those of Germanic heritage at the advent of the [[First World War]]. Around the same time, a small town in northern Illinois also started calling itself Highland. Eventually, the town in northern Illinois became [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]].

Highland has a rich history including extended visits by such notables as [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref name="historicgville">Allan H. Keith, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1gJ_RVeb5JYC&pg=PA2&dq=richard+bock+sculptor&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ngQRYGbj78gEH8yXNlEZrDnRlMU#PPA1,M1 ''Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL'']. Consulted on August 15, 2007.</ref> On November 21, 1915, the [[Liberty Bell]] passed through Highland on its nationwide tour returning to [[Pennsylvania]] from the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="libertybell">{{cite news |title= Liberty Bell Attracts Crowd in Greenville During 1915 Stop |publisher=Greenville Advocate |date=July 3, 2007}}</ref>