The 1905 Historical Souvenir by J.F. Wilcox has always been one of my favorites for county history. It was put together in 1904 and published in 1905. Our historical society first reprinted it in 1979. After being out of print … Continue reading
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For decades, one of our own historical society members, Helen Sutt Lind, known to us as “cemetery granny” has painstakingly created literally dozens of books that are used on a daily basis. Her books have become the foundation of research … Continue reading
The Williamson County Historical Society recently received permissions to reproduce the book “The History of the Village of Crainville” which was no longer in print and was only originally available in very limited quantities. The book has been reproduced and … Continue reading
We have recently added indexing from two sources. The first source is the History of the Village of Crainville which contains a concise early history of the Village and some lineage of the Crain family responsible for its beginnings. This … Continue reading
WSIL TV reporter Brooke Schlyer featured our historical society on Wednesday morning, July 7th, 2021. WCHS President, Sam Lattuca and WCHS coordinator/curator Sharon Vansaghi were on hand at the museum at 4:30 A.M. in order to accommodate the news report … Continue reading