Hello, avid readers of past wisdom and predictions 1840's style ~ Today we step a bit further back in our Almanac time machine to...

The Illinois State Historical Society publication, "Illinois Heritage" just published an article written by Mary Sue Schusky about the...

Hello, avid readers of past wisdom and predictions 1840's style ~ September from the 1840 Illinois Farmer's Almanac compliments of...

Hello, avid readers of past wisdom and predictions 1840's style ~ August from the 1840 Illinois Farmer's Almanac compliments of...

We are fortunate to have some newspaper clippings from long ago about the D.D. Collins House. Take a look at the recollection of days...

For you avid readers out there, here is a little more for your summer must read list, 1840's style ~ the first five pages from that...

D.D. Collins owned the Collinsville Plank Road Company and built the plank road from Collinsville to St. Louis. There is not a lot of...