The Wabash County Museum at 320 N. Market Street in Mt. Carmel, IL has received a Community Grant from Walmart, through the Princeton, IN...

Rochester Wabash County's first community of white settlers was Rochester where Frenchmen traded with Piankishaw Indians as early as 1800...

Enoch Greathouse was born in Germany, immigrated to Pennsylvania and then to Kentucky and came to Illinois in 1803 or 1804. He settled o...

Lick Prairie is the smallest precinct in Wabash County but was one of the first settled, at least in its eastern part. The western parts...

Bellmont Precinct was formerly called Bonpas Precinct and changed to Bellmont in September 1881. The former name likely went back as far...

The first permanent settler of Friendsville Precinct was John Wood. He was born in Maryland and was a Revolutionary War soldier. He had...

It'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...

Palmyra 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 ...

What 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...

When 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...

Several pivotal Civil war battlefields lie in close proximity to each other--Battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge...

The Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi took place during June and July of 1863. Controlling the Mississippi river was paramount to success f...

The 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...

Minie 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...

Sharpshooter's Glasses Used by William Penn Beesley The 66th Illinois Infantry was organized at Benton Barracks near St. Louis, MO during...

Elkhorn Tavern The Battle of Pea Ridge or Elkhorn Tavern took place on March 7-8, 1862 in northwestern Arkansas. Union Brig. General Samu...

Local Troops in the Civil War Series To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil war, the Wabash County Museum is researching and p...

The 40th Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized on August 10, 1861 and was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee (just as the 48th Illi...