Dickson Mounds Museum / Camp Ellis Road / E. County Highway / Camp Ellis Shinn School / Camp Ellis World War II / Illinois State Museum / County Highway / Water Filtration Plant / POW camp / Camp Roads / Camp Fulton County / Pearl Harbor / Dobbins Cemetery / /
IndustryTerm
sewage systems / food processing / bank / telephone lines / food / /
NaturalFeature
Smith Hill / Hoke Hill / Illinois River valley / Spoon River Valley / Spoon River / Rhine / /
Organization
National Guard / Engineers / and Medical Service / United States Army / Signal Corps / German Village / Army / Camp Ellis Shinn School / /
Person
Wayne Azbell / Cora Gigax / Camp Ellis / /
Position
guard / Rt / General / /
ProvinceOrState
Army Service Unit Training Camp Fulton County / Illinois / Fulton County / /
T he site of Camp Ellis was chosen by the Army in part because it was sparsely populated; had a large, relatively flat area where the encampment itself could be built,