Editing Mount Carmel, Illinois (section)

==History==

===Tornado===
On June 4, 1877, a tornado of F4 intensity touched down just west of Mount Carmel and moved east-northeast, devastating the town.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1877-06-23|title=Scientific American, "Mount Carmel, IL, Destroyed By A Tornado"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f50oAQAAMAAJ|website=Google Books|page=393}}</ref>  The storm's line of destruction wreaked havoc on a large part of the territory between Third and Fifth streets. The velocity of the wind was estimated at 150 miles per hour for a duration of almost two minutes.

As described in a local newspaper at the time: "During its prevalence the air was filled with flying roofs, windows, doors, lumber, rails, clothing, etc. Much of the debris was carried more than a mile away. Thirteen persons were killed outright, and many others will undoubtedly die of their injuries. There are also several others reported missing who are probably buried in the ruins. It being a rainy day, many farmers who could not work at home were in town. The county court was also in session, which caused many people to be in the city.

Men, women and children were blown a distance of 400 feet, as if they were feathers. The better part of the town Is destroyed. Some seventy families were rendered houseless and much distress is anticipated."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gendisasters.com/illinois/2050/mt-carmel,-il-tornado,-jun-1887|title=Mt Carmel, IL Tornado, Jun 1887|access-date=29 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173734/http://www.gendisasters.com/illinois/2050/mt-carmel,-il-tornado,-jun-1887|archive-date=7 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Final estimates of the damage indicate that 20 businesses and 100 homes were damaged or destroyed.  At least 16 people, and as many as 30, were killed, with 100 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/trivia/juntriv.php|title=Central Illinois|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

===Grand Rapids Hotel and Resort===
In the 1920s, there was a hotel in [[Wabash County, Illinois|Wabash County]] near the [[Grand Rapids Dam]] and [[Hanging Rock (Wabash River)|Hanging Rock]] on the [[Wabash River]].  The hotel was called the [[Grand Rapids Hotel]] and was owned by [[Frederick Hinde Zimmerman]].  During the hotel's nine-year existence, it catered to individuals from all over the United States. [[Image:Hotel Picture 1922.jpg|left|thumb]]