August 1, 2025| All News, Featured News, Press Release| Steve Rensberry
Living History Days Festival... Read More → Living History Days Festival – 2025
March 16, 2025| | Steve Rensberry
  The Madison County Historical Society will host a Summer History Camp from July 14-17, 2025. The topic... Read More → MCHS Summer History Camp
March 16, 2025| All News, Featured News, Press Release| Steve Rensberry
Summer History Camp... Read More → Summer History Camp – 2025
February 19, 2025| Speaker Series| Steve Rensberry
Parlor Music by Wild Columbine ... Read More → Speaker Series – Parlor Music of the Civil War Era
March 17, 2021| All News, Featured News| Steve Rensberry
Madison County Historical Society Returns Civil War Materials to State Archives The Madison County Historical... Read More → Historical Society Donates Civil War Items To State
October 15, 2019| All News, Newsletter| Adam Celuch
In 1833 the Illinois State Penitentiary opened in Alton. It closed in 1860 when a new prison opened in Joliet... Read More → MCHS News Volume 4 Number 1
