Fairfield and Wayne County
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Known as the home of the Prohibition-era Shelton Brothers Gang, the true heritage of Wayne County, Illinois, is the collective life of its ordinary citizens
In 1819, settlers named the county seat Fairfield because there was no fairer field than the broad prairie between the timberlands, and soon enough, the villages that scattered across the 715-square-mile county attracted families, teachers, doctors, blacksmiths, ministers, and shopkeepers. The railroad brought prosperity, and by the begi...


