May 30 is Memorial Day. For many decades it was better known as Decoration Day, a day to honor fallen Civil War soldiers – South and North – by “decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion.” That’s how the Grand Army of the Republic – a […]
Mark Flotow
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Time traveling through the Lower Illinois Valley
The tranquil lower Illinois River valley, roughly the 71-mile stretch from Meredosia to where the river meets the Mississippi near the southern end of Calhoun County, belies its more turbid past. In the last 50,000 years, two fluvial episodes particularly affected the formation of the river valley seen today. Prior to about 20,000 years ago, […]
