Abraham Lincoln
Daily Dirt for Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 Before you read any more, here is a list of celebrities with the same initials as me: Sam Elliott, Sheena Easton, Sheila E. and Sara Evans. Coincidence? Here’s more: Famous people from my hometown (Ashland, Ohio) include John Roseboro, Tim Richmond, Eric Musselman and Jessica Canseco (actress who was…
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Mark McDonald and Randy Phillips take you to Edwards Place in this month’s Muddy River Gems. Edwards Place, built in 1833 and remodeled in 1857, is an historic house museum that tells the story of social and domestic life in Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Illinois. Restored to its antebellum glory, this Italianate mansion was one a center…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Muddy River News has received permission to reprint reviews and chapters from the book, “Taming the Upper Mississippi: My Turn at Watch, 1935-1999,” written by Janice Petterchak. The book reflects on flood protection, navigation and the environment on the upper Mississippi River through the eyes of Quincy engineer William H. Klingner. Are you…
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Mike McClain and Abraham Lincoln both served in the Illinois Legislature. Not together, of course. Chicago Tribune reporters Jason Meisner and Ray Long shared an interesting tidbit from the criminal defense of McClain, the “retired” Quincy lawyer/lobbyist/insider and consigliere to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Muddy River News linked to it Monday, and it…
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