"Egypt": Mike Jones
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Southern Illinois Wonders! WSIU Radio and the Illinois Humanities Council have joined together to explore the nooks...» E-Mail This
View ArticleUnderground Railroad: Carol Pirtle
Welcome to Southern Illinois Wonders. Today we learn more about the underground railroad and its influence on life in southern Illinois during the early...» E-Mail This
View Article"A Team Apart": Judy Travelstead
Hometown Teams is a Smithsonian exhibit currently on display at the Union County Museum in Cobden. It chronicles the history and influence of sports on...» E-Mail This
View ArticleFarmers Movement 1873: Jane Adams
Welcome to Southern Illinois Wonders. Today, we look at the origin of farm cooperatives and the role they played in the years following the Civil War in...» E-Mail This
View ArticleSteamboats: Bob Swenson
Welcome to Southern Illinois Wonders. Today we explore the history of steamboats on the Ohio River in Massac County.» E-Mail This
View Article"My Catholic Community":Father Joseph Brown
Welcome to this edition of Southern Illinois Wonders. Today we look at the development of an African American Catholic community in southern Illinois in...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMoonshine: Karen Binder
Welcome to Southern Illinois Wonders! Today we look at the history moonshining in southern Illinois with a visit to a local distillery. From prohibition...» E-Mail This
View ArticleThe Poetry of Gary DeNeal: Hugh DeNeal
Welcome to this edition of Southern Illinois Wonders! Gary DeNeal is a publisher, author, historian, and poet. He’s known for his history of Charlie...» E-Mail This
View ArticleThe Southern Baptist Division of 1993: Ryan Burge
Welcome to this edition of Southern Illinois Wonders. The Southern Baptist Convention is a widely represented church body in southern Illinois. In 1993...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNovelist Laura Benedict
Welcome to this edition of Southern Illinois Wonders! Acclaimed novelist Laura Benedict is a southern Illinois based writer. Her latest novel, Bliss...» E-Mail This
View Article"Letters from Liberty"
Welcome to this edition of Southern Illinois Wonders! 150 years ago the United States remained embroiled in the civil war. To mark the sesquicentennial,...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWonders of Southern Illinois: John James Audubon
Welcome to this edition of Southern Illinois Wonders! More than 200 years ago French-American naturalist and painter John James Audubon traveled through...» E-Mail This
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