Remembering McDonough County

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  • Remembering McDonough County Book Detail

  • Author : John E. Hallwas
  • Release Date : 2009-11-06
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 148
  • ISBN 13 : 1625842910
  • File Size : 89,89 MB

Remembering McDonough County by John E. Hallwas PDF Summary

Book Description: Established in 1826, McDonough County, Illinois, has experienced fascinating changes since pioneer days, including the gradual disappearance of some small communities and rural neighborhoods. Remembering McDonough County focuses on the local tradition of notable storytellers and historians as it reflects the countys strange and colorful, poignant and meaningful earlier daysin Macomb, outlying communities, ghost towns, and wild areas. Award-winning author John Hallwas sketches memorable figures like pioneer storyteller Quintus Walker, Macomb newspaper editor W.H. Hainline, and Bushnell poet Marian Stearns Curry, and he depicts beloved, legendary, and sometimes mysterious places like Vishnu Springs, Gin Ridge, Ragtown, and Scotts neighborhood. Along the way, he portrays the racehorse and Civil War hero Chickamauga, the frightening Gooseneck Ghost, and the long-forgotten Crooked Creek Terror.

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