Illinois Heritage, July–August 2021
Volume 24, Number 4
Summer in Illinois. Cicadas, hummingbirds, mosquitos, daylilies, day trips, watermelon, sweetcorn, and the Illinois State Fair. Whatever makes your Prairie State summer special, I hope the season is full of wonders and surprises.
This issue is packed with articles guaranteed to expand your Illinois horizon. I am forever delighted with what our contributors deliver in variety and diversity, and how generous they are with their research. My hope is that you share your Illinois Heritage with family and friends, and with anyone interested in our state’s marvelous history. Our contributors deserve the broadest possible audience we can deliver. It’s small compensation for such tremendous effort.
If you are looking for an opportunity to support and sustain our publications, this is a good time to make a contribution to the Illinois Heritage Fund, or to the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Please send your donations to:
Illinois Heritage Fund
Illinois State Historical Society
P.O. Box 1800
Springfield, IL 62705-1800
As always, thanks for sharing your history and heritage. The Illinois prairie blossoms in the summer, and more so when we tell our stories.
William Furry
Executive Director
| Table of Contents | Departments
- To our readers
- Letters to the editor
- President’s message
- ISHS News
- New Salem gets an infusion
- Coinmetromania: A dozen headstones, a thousand spiders, and a job well done
- Obituaries: Randall Saxon, Tom Littlewood
- Book Review: An American Marriage
- The honor roll
Features
- Forgotten Voices of Illinois past: Dave Etter
- The jewel of Ottawa
- The haunted past is here to stay
- President Roosevelt on tour
- Illinois women artists, #46, Sarah Farnum Sargent Jackman (Sample Article)
- The extraordinary Ned Sheldon of Chicago
- The life and times of Amos M. Ebersol
- Complicated Billy Herndon (Sample Article)
- The other Abraham
- Two roads to Jacksonville
On the cover:
Attendees of the Illinois State Historical Society's Cemetery Preservation/Restoration Workshop held on Saturday, June 12, 2021. |
| Issue Price | $10.00 |