The Herrin Massacre Tour on Sat. Sept. 13 may be the LAST PUBLIC TOUR of the season. Interested particiapnts are encouraged to book now. Seats are $45 and there is a special rate being offered for additional family members. Group tours and field trips are being planned for the Fall. Call 618-751-2924 or visit www.herrinmassacretour.com for seats.
HERRIN AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY and Gordon Pruett, HAHS Board Member, have arranged to have Richard “Pete” Peterson speak on “Major League Baseball Players from the Herrin Area: Ray Chapman, Robert Veach, Ray Fosse and Others” on Friday, September 12th at 2:00 p.m.
Richard “Pete” Peterson is Professor Emeritus of English at Southern Illinois University and, for the past ten years, the commentator for the Reading Baseball series on WSIU-FM. He is the author of Extra Innings: Writing on Baseball, Growing Up with Clemente, and Pops: The Willie Stargell Story, and the editor of The Pirates Reader and The St. Louis Baseball Reader. His baseball writings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and his hometown Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (He is not to be confused with another “Pete” Peterson in Marion (husband of Yolande Peterson).
One of our own society members, Helen Sutt Lind, has made her books available through our website. Helen has published numerous books detailing newspaper clippings, cemetery listings and historical county records for years. Now you can order directly from Helen and help support her research. These books are invaluable reference tools for genealogical and historical research.
Helen’s book list can be accessed from the Book Store Index page or you can go directly to it here:
The Herrin Area Historical Society will be hosting an encore of “Looking Back.” The presentation is a nostalgic look back into Herrin’s rich history via a slide show of over 100 photographs depicting Herrin in its early days.
The event will be held on Friday, August 15th at 6 P.M. in the Tony Galenas meeting room of the Herrin City Library. Membership is not required to attend the showing.
Membership in the organization for 2014 dues is $25 per person and $35 for couple memberships should you desire to join.
H.A.H.S.
P.O. Box 127
Herrin, Illinois 62948
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the Herrin Massacre Tours, further available dates have been made available on August 8, 9, 15 and 23. The August 9th tour has already sold out. Be sure to secure tickets now, if you have an interest, since this will likely be the tours’ final dates.
For ticket information see www.herrinmassacretours.com