The indexes to the two books Events in Egypt 1918 and Events in Egpyt 1910-12 have been added to the Library Resource Index. The 1918 index was typed up by volunteer Judith Mente who worked on this from her home. Thanks a bunch Judith.
Fifth Grade classes from the Jefferson School here in Marion came to tour the Williamson County Museum on Wednesday, May 24th. The teachers for the classes were Goodwin and Williams.
The index to the book Events in Egypt for the year 1913 has been added to the Library Resource Index, located under the Records Tab from the Menu at the top of each page. The book contains extracts from 1913 newspapers from Marion, Herrin & Carterville and adds 3,392 entries to the master index.
WCHS president Sam Lattuca speaking at the library May 18, 2017
WHCS president, Sam Lattuca, gave a 1.5 hour program on the early history and formation of Williamson County and Marion Thursday evening, May 18, 2017 at the Marion Carnegie Library. Lattuca’s program covered early native American cultures, French and British occupation as well as the process that the county buyinglevitrahere went through in getting formed. A few of the topics discussed were crime in Williamson County, the growth of coal mining and its role and how alcohol and the temperance movement shaped the county in its early years.
Also discussed were the types of birds and animals that used to be found here in pioneer times that we no longer see today.