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This rare photo recalls Alton’s City Hall, destroyed by a 1924 fire just before planned renovations.
Photo and information courtesy of the Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections and Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum. The museum is open free to ...
Fans have been celebrating Wrexham's historic win on Saturday ... Here are some of the photos shared with us by fans as well as club photographer Gemma Thomas.
Thousands of runners toured Champaign, Urbana and Savoy on Saturday as part of the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend Hoda Elshorbagy, Urbana, heads to the finish line to win the wheelchair ...
Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad, the secret routes that freedom-seekers journeyed to escape slavery. This is why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...
WATERTOWN — The Watertown Historical Society will present “A Vintage View of Watertown’s Past, Part II” on Tuesday, April 29 where roughly 20 images of historic Watertown will be shown ...
(Chicago Tribune) 1970: As the first Earth Day was observed in the United States, Illinois Attorney General William Scott told a rally at the Civic Center (now Daley) Plaza that he planned to ...
A. Albion High School, which was held at the Albion State Normal School, closed in 1951 when the Normal School — then known as the Southern Idaho College of Education — closed down.
Photo & Information courtesy of the Valdosta Daily Times Archives, Wiregrass Digital History Project and Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum. Open free to the public 11 a.m.-4 p.m ...