The John Deere 60 crawler created by Tim Sweeney- Picture by Keith Ladage
We came, we went, we saw and we marveled at many things at the 2013 Half Century of Progress, but Tim Sweeney’s creation…
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The Pearson Museum, medical history
After interviewing a doctor for a Senior News &Times story, I took a minute to stop in the fascinating Pearson Museum which is…
The art of threshing broom corn
I love fall festivals and I loved the chance to see Quinn Brown’s corn threshing machine at the Half Century of Progress show.…
National Radon Conference hits Springfield
All the year’s I worked in the Illinois State Radon Program, we never had a conference in Springfield, Illinois, but this year, here…
Allis Chalmers Collectors come to Macoupin Historical Society Festival
The weekend of September 21-22nd the weather was picture perfect in central Illinois and the festival gods shined down on the Macoupin County…