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Carolyn Welch
Nov 21, 2019
The Walkway ~
The walkway to the historical marker is now complete. Photo taken by Carolyn Welch November 20, 2019. Click here to read about the...
Carolyn Welch
Nov 19, 2019
Pole Is Set As We Prepare ~
Step by step the historical marker is going up. Photo taken by Paul Welch November 19, 2019. The post is in place; and the salvaged...
Carolyn Welch
Nov 19, 2019
Illinois State Historical Society Marker Dedication~
The Illinois State Historical Society marker program was designed to recognize sites of statewide and national significance to increase...
Carolyn Welch
Nov 12, 2019
Sharing with the Collinsville Rotary Club~
On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Lois and Lavadna were invited to attend the Collinsville Rotary Club . . . Lavadna Hines talks about the...
Carolyn Welch
Nov 2, 2019
Twenty-two Came to See ~
An eighth grade September field trip to the D.D. Collins House . . . "History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the...
Carolyn Welch
Aug 12, 2019
What Could They Have Been? ~
Conversations Around the Dinner Table It began with a photo of the dining room at the Collins House and thoughts of conversations the...
Carolyn Welch
Jul 22, 2019
Doors through Time ~
Open and shut long, long ago, These doors were lost then found, wouldn't you know? . . . Salvaged they were, way back when, by the...