Since the city’s beginning, black residents influenced the building and development of Plainfield. The city has been home to numerous social, religious and professional organizations, some of which ...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A worn brown book at the Plainfield Masonic Lodge 536 building downtown lists the name of every 3rd Degree Mason of the village chapter. From the first Master Mason John Willis ...

PLAINFIELD - The city's public library is set to host the Tri-County History Fair on Saturday, Sept. 30. The fair is for Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties and will include historical discovery, ...

PLAINFIELD — This postcard representation of the Plainfield Train Station was postmarked in 1906. It shows a locomotive from the Central Railroad of New Jersey, also commonly known as the Jersey ...

PLAINFIELD, Ind (WISH) – In 1916, Plainfield Public Library made history with introducing Hoosiers to a bookmobile. 100 years later, the library has made history again. With the ring of a bell, and ...

PLAINFIELD — In this previously unpublished photo by Louis Caruso, then-Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, wave to a crowd of more than 5,000 during a campaign stop in Plainfield on Oct.

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PLAINFIELD, Ind. — The fire department in Plainfield made history Sunday. For the first time in the department's 100-year history, an all-female crew staffed a 24-hour duty shift at one of Plainfield ...