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ISU held racially segregated spring dances in the 1930s and ’40s
The racial climate throughout the United States deteriorated steadily in the first quarter of t...
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Lightning a menace, past and present
On May 20, 1897, a heavy afternoon shower accompanied by a “brilliant electrical display” passe...
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Springtime once meant return of prairie flowers
Novelist, poet, essayist and farmer Wendell Berry has said that we live in a time of “punishmen...
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‘Pop’ Horton organized campus circus fraternity in 1929
Today marks the 38th anniversary of the death of Dr. Clifford E. Horton, one of the titans of I...
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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 momen...
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