From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois
From Christmas to Twelfth Night in Southern Illinois

Author: John J. Dunphy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-11-26

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1614232539

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Journey to a region where all the perennials are said to bloom at midnight on Christmas Eve and where a family's luck is determined by the first person to walk through their door on New Year's Day. Spend a literary Christmas in Herrin, listen to the twelve bells of Belleville ring out the coming year and greet the Three Kings of Germantown at Epiphany. Whether you are a newcomer to southern Illinois or whether you feel like you have been singing "La Guiannee" since the tradition started in Prairie du Rocher in 1720, join John J. Dunphy for a season of sacred memories and merry recollections.

Murder and Mayhem in Southwestern Illinois
Murder and Mayhem in Southwestern Illinois

Author: John J. Dunphy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-02-22

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467147915

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Southwestern Illinois experienced a plethora of violence during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Settlers and Native Americans clashed at the Wood River Settlement, while Abraham Lincoln dueled on a Mississippi River island. Racial strife led to the lynching of a Black schoolteacher in Belleville in 1903 and a deadly riot in East St. Louis fourteen years later. Benbow City was a latter-day Wild West town of saloons, gambling dens and brothels, and Pere Marquette State Park screened a cache of Nike missiles. From the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.'s killer to the mystery surrounding Jean Lafitte's grave, John Dunphy examines the bloody ledger of southwestern Illinois.

Enjoy Southern Illinois
Enjoy Southern Illinois

Author: Lonnie Dee Russell

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780962742248

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All-inclusive recreational guide covers the 35 most southern counties. Includes hiking, cycling, eating, canoeing, camping, hunting, wineries, B&B, history.