Wednesday, November 22, 2017 / Categories: Illinois Heritage Illinois Heritage, November–December 2017 Volume 20, Number 6 The Prairie State kicks off its 200th birthday party celebration on December 3, 2017, and the Illinois State Historical Society invites you to let us know what you are doing in your county to celebrate this milestone. Our website features an Events calendar that will highlight your events--bicentennial or otherwise historical--but only if you go to www.historyillinois.org and submit your information. Let us help you get the word out and while you're there, check out "Today in Illinois History" for a sampling of what people have been doing here for the last two hundred years or so. Our year-end issue of Illinois Heritage is a veritable feast of delights. John Hallwas and Kathleen Spaltro highlight writers with Illinois connections and Cindy Reinhardt takes us to the "almost lost" town of Montgomery Station. Continue farther down into Egypt with photographer Gary DeNeal for a look at misty autumn moments downstate. As we come to year's end, it's also time to reflect back on our Johnny Appleseed trees--all of which have gone to good homes throughout the state, and look forward to recognizing historic businesses and churches in Illinois. If you have a business in your town that is 100 years old or a church that is 150 years old (or older), please consider nominating them for recognition by the ISHS. Applications for both programs can be found in this issue. Happy, happy holidays! Table of ContentsDepartments To our readers President's message ISHS News The honor roll Features Honoring Sop-Ho-Kab: Early Native American East Dubuque resident honored with a historical marker of her own (Sample article) Forgotten Voices from Illinois History: Early fiction writer Mary Hartwell Catherwood Educating Mary Frances Kennedy: M.F.K. Fisher remembers Illinois (Sample article) On Community. Nettie: A tragic story about a girl at the poor farm Montgomery Station--established 1893: A history and tour of several historic pre-Civil War homes (Sample article) Fall and Fog in Southern Illinois: There's no place more magical in autumn than Egypt Illinois Women Artists, Part 31: Grace Ravlin: a wartime interlude--an artist returns home (Sample article) Road Trip Issue Price$5.00Sample Article #1Educating Mary Frances Kennedy: M.F.K. Fisher remembers IllinoisSample Article #2Montgomery Station--established 1893: A history and tour of several historic pre-Civil War homes Print Tags: Women Artists Sesquicentennial Historical Marker Bicentennial Montgomery Station M.F.K. Fisher Mary Hartwell Catherwood Sop-Ho-Kab Grace Ravlin Madison County Related articles Illinois Heritage, May–June 2023 Illinois Heritage, March–April 2023 Illinois Heritage, November–December 2022 Illinois Heritage, September–October 2022 Illinois Heritage, July–August 2022 Previous Issue Illinois Heritage, September–October 2017 Next Issue Illinois Heritage, January–February 2018 Please login or register to post comments.