October 14, 2019| All News, Newsletter| Adam Celuch
In the 19th Century Madison County weddings were usually simple affairs with immediate family only, or even... Read More → MCHS News Volume 2 Number 4
Historian Cheryl Eichar Jett shared a few of Madison County’s most sensational crime stories that she has... Read More → MCHS News Volume 2 Number 3
For nearly a century, three generations of architects from the Kane family occupied a suite of rooms in... Read More → MCHS News Volume 2 Number 2
The Madison County Archival Library at 801 N. Main Street in Edwardsville is a treasure trove of resources... Read More → MCHS News Volume 2 Number 1
Some Madison County residents were known nationally in their time, but few know their names today. Here are... Read More → MCHS News Volume 1 Number 6
Surveyor Jeff Pauk and Gary Denue, a long-time collector of surveying instruments here explained how... Read More → MCHS News Volume 1 Number 5
The average home had no air conditioning a century ago, so to cool off Madison County residents escaped to a... Read More → MCHS News Volume 1 Number 4
Nationally recognized authority on Route 66, author Cheryl Eichar Jett, shared stories of America’s Mother... Read More → MCHS News Volume 1 Number 3
March 1, 2013| All News, Newsletter| Adam Celuch
Alton resident Charlotte E. Johnson has spent decades researching the African-American story in Madison... Read More → MCHS News Volume 1 Number 2
January 13, 2013| Newsletter| Adam Celuch
Almost every Madison County community once had at least one theater or opera house. A few of those buildings... Read More → MCHS News Volume 1 Number 1
