WGLT McHistory Series

August 8th, 2023

McHistory: Paul Rhymer, the man who put Bloomington 'on the air'

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can b...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 31st, 2023

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Richard Blue was the first Black person to run for Bloomington council

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHi...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

November 15th, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: ‘King of Swedes’ kept Bloomington streets clean

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can...

9 mins read by Bill Kemp

October 20th, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Helen Clark McCurdy was a political pioneer in Bloomington

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episod...

6 mins read by Bill Kemp

August 13th, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Housekeeper for the affluent and the tawdry

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can b...

6 mins read by Bill Kemp

Institutional Racism

August 9th, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Press Butler the great detective

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodical...

5 mins read by Bill Kemp

June 22nd, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: George Hoagland’s ‘Oil of Gladness’

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodical...

5 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 18th, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Multitalented suffrage leader promoted women’s health and the vote

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory...

5 mins read by Bill Kemp

January 12th, 2022

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: A Bloomington Huckster’s best-selling medicine was Blackberry Balsam

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically o...

4 mins read by Bill Kemp

December 7th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Noted Author Harold Sinclair of Bloomington

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard...

6 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 27th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Early Settlers Battled Prairie Fire to Tame the Land

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can...

5 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 16th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Dr. William Hill, A Man of Many Contradictions

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be hear...

5 mins read by Bill Kemp

August 31st, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Sigmund Livingston and the Anti-Defamation League

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

August 11th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Rags the Dog, The Illinois Traction System Mascot

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be ...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 19th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: McLean County’s Connection to the Tri-State Tornado of 1925

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

June 24th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Visit to McLean County

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be ...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

June 11th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Inhumane Conditions at the McLean County Poor Farm

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episode...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

May 13th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Bowles Street Named for the ‘old singing soldier” with the medicine wagon

Listen to the audio on W...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

April 23rd, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Fighting to get women right to vote

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be he...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 15th, 2021

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: The 1914 McLean County Basketball Champions

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can b...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 26th, 2020

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: 19th Century Cabbie Saw all of Bloomington-Normal Society

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory ...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 12th, 2020

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Segregation in Bloomington-Normal

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be hea...

2 mins read by Bill Kemp

December 2nd, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Bloomington-Normal’s Sole Documented Lynching

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can ...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

November 5th, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Blazing the trail for women who write

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be hear...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

November 5th, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: From Cabinets to Coffins

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodicall...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

October 11th, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Louise Calimese and the McLean County Home for Colored Children

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory ep...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 23rd, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Early 20th Century Feminism

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodic...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 23rd, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Bloomington’s Unsung Baseball Great

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard p...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

Baseball and Softball

August 14th, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Bloomington-Normal’s Last Switchboard Girls

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 25th, 2019

WGLT McHistory Series

McHistory: Illinois’ First Female State Senator

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard ...

1 mins read by Bill Kemp