November 22, 2021| All News, Newsletter| Steve Rensberry
Early firefighting in 19th century Madison County was both dramatic and dangerous, with fire an ever-constant... Read More → MCHS News Volume 9 Number 2
Sears House kits that were sold by Sears, Roebuck & Company from 1908 to 1941. Kits consisted of house plans... Read More → MCHS News Volume 9 Number 1
March 9, 2021| All News, Newsletter| Steve Rensberry
In 1963, the Madison County Historical Society purchased the Weir House, built for John Weir in 1836. Here... Read More → MCHS News Volume 8 Number 6
A mayor who died trying to save his town, a State’s Attorney’s home bombed, women who broke the glass... Read More → MCHS News Volume 8 Number 5
December 17, 2020| All News, Newsletter| Steve Rensberry
The Village of Alhambra was founded in 1849. Ten years later a second village was platted less than a mile... Read More → MCHS News Volume 8 Number 4
December 14, 2020| All News, Newsletter| Steve Rensberry
Roland Harris has been collecting and sharing the history of communities in the eastern part of Madison... Read More → MCHS News Volume 8 Number 3
During the height of the tuberculosis epidemic, Madison County built a hospital dedicated solely to the care... Read More → MCHS News Volume 8 Number 2
East of Edwardsville, in Pin Oak Township, more than 150 years ago, there was a settlement of Black farmers... Read More → MCHS News Volume 8 Number 1
December 5, 2020| All News, Newsletter| Steve Rensberry
From 1899-1930s there were streetcars, known as electric railways, crisscrossing Madison County. The last... Read More → MCHS News Volume 7 Number 6
October 20, 2019| All News, Newsletter| Adam Celuch
John Wildi (1853-1910) was a Swiss immigrant to Highland who became an exceptional businessman, a founder of... Read More → MCHS News Volume 7 Number 5
