tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13739529.post4735346599189765812..comments2024-02-29T15:34:43.878-06:00Comments on Illinois History: 80th Anniversary of Birger Hanging SaturdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13739529.post-65012965696579671642009-11-11T20:31:41.871-06:002009-11-11T20:31:41.871-06:00I was born and raised in Harrisburg,Il.I have a po...I was born and raised in Harrisburg,Il.I have a post card of birger gang on a car by Mitchell wondering what it is worth.my email is childressmissy@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13739529.post-76719215847645037862008-04-28T12:48:00.000-05:002008-04-28T12:48:00.000-05:00Sherri,Do you have any pictures or postcards of th...Sherri,<BR/><BR/>Do you have any pictures or postcards of the resort at Round Pond during that time period? Was it this resort that had a dance hall with a tree growing through the middle?<BR/><BR/>If you read this please e-mail me at jmusgrave@onecliq.net<BR/><BR/>Jon Musgrave<BR/>IllinoisHistory.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13739529.post-27719756606744722482008-04-27T23:46:00.000-05:002008-04-27T23:46:00.000-05:00I just stumbled upon your site as I have been read...I just stumbled upon your site as I have been reading about the Old Slave House. I'm very impressed by all of the work you have done!<BR/>My grandmother's parents owned a small 'resort' (as they called it) where people came to swim, picnic and casually pass the days away to escape from daily life. Several nights a week, Charlie Birger's 'gang' would come in, after hours, and lock the gate as they left in the early morning hours, leaving 'Round Pond' as clean as they found it. The family extended the same 'courtesy' to the rivals of Birger as to not alienate any of them. As the story goes... members had all come to an understanding, of sorts, that their time at the lake would be off limits and all would be safe. My grandmother was only about 4 or 5 but remembers how safe she felt as she rode with her father through the streets of Old Shawneetown to do the bank deposits, knowing that Charlie Birger was keeping an eye out for them.<BR/>Thanks, again, for keeping a small part of Southern Illinois History from being totally lost.<BR/>Sherrie Hill<BR/>St. Louis, MOOccassionallythinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014434157713641932noreply@blogger.com