Illinois History

This is where Illinois begins. It's a site designed to showcase the region's history in a way from which we can learn. We study history not to know the "who, what, when and where," but rather the "why" and the "how." The "who, what, when and where" of history is knowledge. The "why" and "how", well knowing that can lead to wisdom.

Thursday, May 07, 2020

Southern Illinois and the 1918 Flu Pandemic

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By Jon Musgrave | IllinoisHistory.com May 6, 2020 Someplace in the spectrum of worldwide pandemics between the Black Death of the mid 14t...
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Monday, January 16, 2017

Another One Bites the Dust

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No more outside wall on the east side of the former Holiday Inn. A Marion tourism landmark shuttered for the last 13 years will finally ...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Jackson County Snakes and Curses

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A view east looking at the Pine Hills from the Muddy Levee Road. Turn right to get to Ladue Road which they closed for the snake migration...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Ken Gray Museum Hosts 16 Authors Saturday in Marion

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Come out this Saturday to the Ken Gray Presidential Museum in the Illinois Star Centre Mall in Marion. We have at least... Posted by Jon Mus...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Tri-State Tornado Program Offered Nov. 12

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DeSoto Public School following the March 18, 1925 tornado. Angela Mason , author of Death Rides the Sky , will join speakers Charlie ...
Monday, October 12, 2015

New website for Primitive Baptist research in Illinois

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While going through my e-mails this afternoon I found an update from Robert Webb, director of the Primitive Baptist Library in Carthage, Ill...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Benton, Mt. Vernon book signings set for Tuesday

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Jon Musgrave at Giant City Lodge last Sunday afternoon. Southern Illinois historian Jon Musgrave of IllinoisHistory.com and Shelton Gan...
Monday, August 24, 2015

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For the first time since Cata's Books moved out of the outlet mall at West Frankfort ( which the city is now trying to purchase ) I have...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Few Seats Left for Saturday's Herrin Massacre Tour

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If you ever wanted to learn more about the Herrin Massacre now is the time. Our last tour of the summer will be Saturday starting at 9 a.m....
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

DCEO Privatization Bill Passes w/o IHPA language

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As the budget stalemate percolates in Springfield the Illinois House of Representatives today amended and passed a bill ( HB 574 ) that woul...
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Lawmakers Pass Bill to Split IHPA

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Despite failing to pass a balance budget, take up pension reform, creating a new capital projects bill, dealing with state revenues or at le...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Changes Coming for State Historic Sites

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Plans could impact future of Old Slave House While on WJPF-AM this morning talking about the new Twin Wars of the 20s tour from SI Trea...
Saturday, February 07, 2015

Ancient East St. Louis Was Bigger than Cahokia

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Archaeologists working on the site of the new Stan Musial Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis are finding clues that will rewri...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Last Surviving Member of the Shelton Gang Passes

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In 2013 Jimmy Zuber holds one of the rifles his uncle Earl Shelton purchased for him and his cousins should they ever get the chance to...
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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Check out James T. Carrier's Books

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James T. Carrier is a 94-year-old retired educator from rural West Frankfort who's written a number of books, including the five below. ...

History, Mystery and Hauntings of Southern Illinois

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Here's another Christmas idea for those who like to read about our region's supernatural past. History, Mystery and Hauntings of S...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

New Edition of Boy of Battle Ford Now on Sale

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For more than a century W. S. Blackman's, The Boy of Battle Ford has served as a classic when it comes to descriptions of antebellum So...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Brits Took Revenge 200 Years Ago Today

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While we wait for ISIS to figure out which large city they want to target in the United States - Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., it...
Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Herrin Massacre Bus Tours Offer New Perspectives

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The infamous barbed wire fence inside the Power House Woods where four dozen men were lined up and shot on June 22, 1922. Williamson Count...
Saturday, December 07, 2013

Dec. 7, 1941 - An Infamous Date - In Color

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Seventy-two years ago today was a date which has lived in infamy. The video below shows the only color film of the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

85 Years Ago - Gang War Heats Up

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It's the 85th Anniversary of the Gang War between Charlie Birger and his men on one side and the Shelton Brothers on the other. Just one...
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Thursday, August 08, 2013

Great Song and Just Had to Share

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While looking up some antebellum songs for an upcoming project tonight I came across the great Mavis Staples singing Stephen Foster's 1...
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