Speaker Series
The Madison County Historical Society’s Speaker Series entertains and educates hundreds of area residents each year on topics that explore local or state history. MCHS presents four programs annually, all free and open to the public.
If you have a topic you would like to present, please contact info@madcohistory.org.
Some of our Past Programs
2026
AM I ON THE RIGHT BUS?
Desegregation through the Eyes of a Child
Presenter: Willbert Glasper
THE SEARCH FOR FORT RUSSELL
Presenter: Don Cook with Jeff Pauk and Steve Kromraj
2025
SUPERHERO FROM ANOTHER AGE
The Legend and Mythology of Abraham Lincoln
Presenter: Stephen Hansen
2024
CHIP-A-CANOE
Building a Dugout Canoe Using Only Stone Tools, An Experimental Archaeology Project
Presenter: Larry Kinsella
LINCOLN AND GUSTAVE KOERNER
At the Crossroads of History
Presenter: Jack LeChien and Mollie McKenzie
2023
WHEN THE STARS CAME OUT
Stories of the Mississippi River Festival
Presenter: Mark Pierce
2022 (The following programs were video recorded and are available online.)
FIRST DO NO HARM
An Introduction to Cemetery Preservation
Presenter: Jeff Pauk
SUNDOWN TOWNS IN MADISON COUNTY
Presenter:Dr. Bryan Jack
2021
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE GEHRING SITE
Presenter: Professor Julie Zimmermann
FROM MODEL VILLAGE TO MODERN VILLAGE
Presenter:Bob Gill
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO MADISON COUNTY
Presenter:Joann Condellone
THE LYNCHING OF ROBERT PRAGER
A World War I Hate Crime for Uncle Sam
Presenter: Peter Stehman
RESEARCHING PIN OAK COLONY
A Colony of Free Blacks Who Lived at Pin Oak before the Civil War
Presenter: J. Eric Robinson
FAKE NEWS, LYING POLITICIANS, AND DIRTY TRICKS
Madison County on the Eve of the Presidential Election, 1860 (or 2020?)
Presenter: Steve Hansen
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