Tuesday, June 10, 2003
I'll be on WJPF tomorrow morning at 7:20 a.m. to talk about the Old Slave House meeting.
I've also added some new stories and links here at the IllinoisHistory.com website. In terms of the Old Slave House, I've added the Lost Story of the Old Slave House, an account written in 1920 about the legends surrounding the house around the turn of the 20th Century. It's the first time those stories ever made print. However, it was a piece that was long forgotten and ignored. For more on the saltworks, I've added Jacob Myers' 1922 account of the History of the Gallatin Salines. Myers based his paper on George W. Smith's 1904 article and kept some of Smith's mistakes like completely leaving out John Hart Crenshaw's role in the saltworks.
In terms of outside links I've added a two-part account of King Neptune, a World War II era porker that helped raise thousands of dollars for U.S. War Bonds. The pig has a marker at the state welcome center at the northbound rest area on I-57 just north of the Anna exit. Ben Gelman wrote these stories as part of two columns. Here's the first part, and here's the second part.
I've also added some new stories and links here at the IllinoisHistory.com website. In terms of the Old Slave House, I've added the Lost Story of the Old Slave House, an account written in 1920 about the legends surrounding the house around the turn of the 20th Century. It's the first time those stories ever made print. However, it was a piece that was long forgotten and ignored. For more on the saltworks, I've added Jacob Myers' 1922 account of the History of the Gallatin Salines. Myers based his paper on George W. Smith's 1904 article and kept some of Smith's mistakes like completely leaving out John Hart Crenshaw's role in the saltworks.
In terms of outside links I've added a two-part account of King Neptune, a World War II era porker that helped raise thousands of dollars for U.S. War Bonds. The pig has a marker at the state welcome center at the northbound rest area on I-57 just north of the Anna exit. Ben Gelman wrote these stories as part of two columns. Here's the first part, and here's the second part.