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Stories of Our Land and People Hundreds of millions of years ago, the land that would become Illinois lay south of...
While the study of other cultures has been a focus of scholars since ancient times, anthropology as we know it...
Images used to illustrate the Southern Illinois History Exhibit
Color photograph of the Samuel Dalton House in Murphysboro, Illinois, part of the General John A. Logan Museum. The photograph was taken during…
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Photograph of the Jackson County Poor House building as it appeared shortly before its demolition in 2013. The structure, located on the Southern…
Photograph of a building believed to be an early structure associated with the Jackson County Poor Farm. The image depicts a two-story brick…
Satellite image showing the approximate locations of the former Jackson County Poor Farm and the associated Poor Farm Cemetery on property now owned…