ISHS Annual Meeting April 28-29, 2006
Starved Rock Lodge
View of the I & M Canal from the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
Charlotte Renehan, Mary Lou Johnsrud, and Alberta Conover on the I & M Canal
ISHS members learning about the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
Blacksmith Dan Etheridge demonstrating his art at the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
Marv Ehlers and David and Virginia Scott in downtown Utica
Dennis Williams paying close attention to the teacher in the one-room schoolhouse at the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
Bill Furry and Ted Wachhold at the 1865 one-room Aitken School at the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
Shabbona’s rock at the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
Elaine Egdorf on Shabbona’s rock at the LaSalle County Historical Museum in Utica
The I & M Lock 14 in LaSalle
ISHS members learn from an I & M Lock 14 re-enactor
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hoshaw at the I & M Canal Lock 14
The Cherry Mine slag heaps
Rededication of the Cherry Mine Disaster Marker
Cherry Mine Disaster graves at Cherry Cemetery
ISHS members boarding the caboose at the Mendota Railroad Museum
Mendota Railroad Museum
Stu Fliege sharing his wealth of railroad knowledge with Bill Furry and Larry Hansen at the Mendota Railroad Museum
Mendota Railroad Museum
Jim and Robyn Williams at the Annual Meeting Dinner at Pitsticks Pavilion outside Ottawa
Stu and Judy Fliege at the Annual Meeting Dinner at Pitsticks Pavilion outside Ottawa
Wolf Fuhrig and Gary Vitale at Pitsticks Pavilion outside Ottawa
I & M Grain Elevator in Seneca
Gerald Hulslander sharing the history of the I & M Grain Elevator in Seneca
The I & M Canal at the Grain Elevator in Seneca
I & M Grain Elevator in Seneca
An early Phillips 66 in Seneca
I & M Aqueduct ruins at Fox River
Illinois River Lock & Dam Museum
Illinois River Lock & Dam
Starved Rock from the Illinois River Lock & Dam
Steve Huntley accepts the Superior Achievement Award for Truman K. Gibson, Jr., and his landmark book “Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America” at the Awards Ceremony at Starved Rock Lodge
Roger Biles accepts an award for his book “Illinois: A History of the Land and Its People” at the Awards Ceremony at Starved Rock Lodge
Bob Saigh from the Hinsdale Historical Society accepts an award at the Awards Ceremony at Starved Rock Lodge
Patrick McDaniel accepts an award for the Macon County Historical Society award for the museum’s brochure
Happy Dean presents Betsy Brown the Olive Foster “Teacher of the Year Award”
Marv Ehlers presents Peggy Hood with an award for the Bushnell Area Historical Society
Marjorie Stueckemann, Evelyn Krenek Fergle, and Juli Nelson receive an award for their publication on the Bohemian National Cemetery
Sue Betz receives awards for Northwestern University Press
Marjorie Fechtig and Janet Pritchett of the White County Historical Society receive an award for “Making History Come Alive,” a program for second- and fifth-grade students
Wallace Best receives an award for “Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago,