The Lincoln and Sargent farms will host activities and performances depicting 19th-century life.
Located just 50 minutes from Bloomington, the Monticello Railway Museum is home to over 100 pieces of railroad equipment including several restored trains and cars that operated in Illinois.
Air Show 2022 is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Coles County Memorial Airport, with gates opening at 11 a.m.
The last open house for the summer at the historic Five Mile House will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
Migrating buffalo, Native Americans, and countless early pioneers seeking new homes in the virgin forests and prairies of Illinois used the Old York Trail.
The open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the historic Five Mile House at Illinois Route 130 and Westfield Road.
Those attending will be invited to share any of their own Kaskaskia River adventure stories.
Reservations being accepted for July 18 event.
CHARLESTON — The Five Mile House is scheduled Sunday, July 10, to feature Abraham Lincoln portrayer Joe Woodard, who will offer behind-the-scenes commentary on his leading role in PBS' "Abraham Lincoln, Prelude to the Presidency" documentary.
The Ulysses S. Grant presentation is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday in the Community Room in the Mattoon Public Library’s lower basement.
The burial service for John W. Thompson is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ash Grove Cemetery in Windsor.
The Thomas Monahan Co. in Arcola was founded in 1922 and is celebrating its centennial.
Turn the clock back to when coal mining was at its peak in Southern Illinois and revisit what life was like then.
The historic Five Mile House will host special events from 1 4 p.m. Sunday.
The multi-room Local History Center is in the lower level of the Mattoon Public Library.
"Cycle into History" will begin at 10 a.m. at the Mattoon Public Library and take participants on a 90-minute, 5-mile route.
Take a page-by-page look at the goings-on of this week's 1972 Journal in this week's windswept edition of Clint Walker's THROWBACK MACHINE!
"A new and climactic page in the war-ravaged history of the world was written today ..." began a story on the front page of the June 6, 1944, edition of the Journal Gazette. Read on:Â
The following ads to buy war bonds appeared in the June 6, 1944 — D-Day — edition of the Journal Gazette.Â
The Five Mile House is at the northeast corner of Illinois Route 130 and Westfield Route south of Charleston.
The new mural is located on the west exterior wall of House Brothers Tavern, 2009 Western Ave., in downtown Mattoon.
Memorial Day services will be held throughout the morning Monday in the Charleston and Mattoon area.
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Former slave Martha Smith had lived to be the oldest resident of Mattoon at the time of the 1917 tornado.
An 1856 speech by Abraham Lincoln that impacted the creation of the Republican Party will be the topic Wednesday of an online program sponsored jointly by Looking for Lincoln and the McLean County Museum of History.
Oh how times have changed. Or have they? Take a glance at local stories from years past.
Oh how times have changed. Or have they? Take a glance at local stories from years past.
Lovington, Illinois was once the home of a 900 foot deep coal mine producing the highest quality coal in central Illinois.
Men scratched notes to their families. "Dear wife, Goodbye. Forgive me. Take care of all the children." Another wrote, "Tell dad to quit the mine and take care of mom."
Here is a collection of images from the history of Lender's Bagels, including photos regarding the bagel bakery plant in Mattoon and the annual Bagelfest there.
From plowing farm fields to crewing B-17 Flying Fortresses, remarkable careers in aviation have gone airborne in DeWitt County. Their stories are being preserved in a new aviation exhibit at the C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum.