History
Flip you for it
A coin toss decided an 1888 congressional race involving Pike County.
Cheers and jeers
Champ Clark’s campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination was chugging along in May 1912.
Travel in Europe and Africa
Thursday, Nov. 14. It was another cloudless day with a high of 89. We got off the ship and walked down the pier about 100 yards and boarded some small boats for a 45–50-minute sailboat ride up stream to a “Nubian Village Tour.”
Vandalia Area Historical Society turns 20
About 17 citizens interested in the preservation of the history of Vandalia and Farber had their first meeting at the Vandalia Hotel on Jan. 14, 2005. After a few months, attendance at the newly formed Vandalia Area Historical Society grew quickly.