Wabash County MuseumOct 17, 20203 minThe Walters Building--434-436 N. Market Street in Mt. Carmel, ILThe Walters Building 534 and 536 Market Street bit the dust (or made a lot of dust) this week in Mt. Carmel. Condemned after bricks from ...
Wabash County MuseumJun 25, 20202 minWabash County Museum Received Community Grant from WalmartThe Wabash County Museum at 320 N. Market Street in Mt. Carmel, IL has received a Community Grant from Walmart, through the Princeton, IN...
Wabash County MuseumJun 18, 202012 minHistory of the Towns in Wabash CountyRochester Wabash County's first community of white settlers was Rochester where Frenchmen traded with Piankishaw Indians as early as 1800...
Wabash County MuseumJun 16, 20206 minMt. Carmel Precinct and Its First SettlersEnoch Greathouse was born in Germany, immigrated to Pennsylvania and then to Kentucky and came to Illinois in 1803 or 1804. He settled o...
Wabash County MuseumJun 16, 20203 min1965 Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Contents--Did Your FamilyLeave Something For You?In 1965 during the Sesquicentennial of Mt. Carmel festivities, people were encouraged to submit an envelope of items to go into a time ca...
Wabash County MuseumJun 15, 20204 minFirst Settlers of Lick PrairieLick Prairie is the smallest precinct in Wabash County but was one of the first settled, at least in its eastern part. The western parts...
Wabash County MuseumJun 15, 20204 minThe History of Bellmont PrecinctBellmont Precinct was formerly called Bonpas Precinct and changed to Bellmont in September 1881. The former name likely went back as far...
Wabash County MuseumJun 15, 202011 minFriendsville PrecinctThe first permanent settler of Friendsville Precinct was John Wood. He was born in Maryland and was a Revolutionary War soldier. He had...
Wabash County MuseumJun 14, 20206 minLancaster PrecinctIt's a feeling we all share--wanting to be in the company of friends and family when we venture into unknown situations and places. I li...
Wabash County MuseumJun 13, 20204 minThe Forgotten Town of PalmyraPalmyra was a ghost town in the 1880s, as related by a group of farm boys who took a fishing trip there on a summer day. I wish I could ...
Wabash County MuseumJun 12, 20206 minFirst Settlers of Wabash PrecinctWhat criteria would you use for selecting the land you would choose for a new home if you were moving? Likely the price and style of the...
Wabash County MuseumJun 11, 20205 minRochester, Coffee and Compton PrecinctsWhen you walk through Beall Woods State Park and along Coffee Creek, you may get a sense of what this area of the state was like 220 year...
Wabash County MuseumJun 9, 20205 minThe Battle of ChickamaugaSeveral pivotal Civil war battlefields lie in close proximity to each other--Battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20206 minThe Siege of Vicksburg--Summer of 1862The Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi took place during June and July of 1863. Controlling the Mississippi river was paramount to success f...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20205 minThe Seige of Corinth, Mississippi--Summer of 1862Eleven local civil war units took part in the siege of Corinth and one unit participated in the battle of Corinth. This is the one civil w...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20207 minThe Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing--April 6, 1862The Army of the Tennessee, under the command of U. S. Grant, had made its way up the Tennessee River (south) to Pittsburg Landing. The pl...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20207 minThe Kentucky Campaign--The Battle of PerryvilleMinie Balls--not named for their size or shape but for the Frenchman who invented them. Soldiers often spoke of the sound they made as t...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20202 minWilliam Penn Beesley and the Illinois 66th InfantrySharpshooter's Glasses Used by William Penn Beesley The 66th Illinois Infantry was organized at Benton Barracks near St. Louis, MO during...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20206 minThe Battle of Pea RidgeElkhorn Tavern The Battle of Pea Ridge or Elkhorn Tavern took place on March 7-8, 1862 in northwestern Arkansas. Union Brig. General Samu...
Wabash County MuseumJun 8, 20204 minLocal Troops in the Civil War SeriesLocal Troops in the Civil War Series To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil war, the Wabash County Museum is researching and p...