The Mysterious Bard of Sangamo includes poetry, Sangamon history, and solving a mystery By Cinda Ackerman Klickna In 1979 John Hallwas was a young professor, doing research about what early Illinois settlers would have read. While scouring through newspapers from … Continued
By Cinda Ackerman Klickna This week the Indian community will be celebrating their new Hindu Temple of Greater Springfield, the Shree MahaLakshmi Temple, located in Chatham. Starting Oct. 13 and lasting through Oct. 17, events will include religious and cultural … Continued
Local author Cinda Klickna has devoted her life to education. After years of working as a teacher she has written a book titled “Out of the Beaks of Birds: Our Crazy, Pesky…Verbs.” She spoke with Community Voices about the inspiration … Continued
By Cinda Ackerman Klickna The truth is rarely pretty or polite. When Colonial Williamsburg historians decided several years ago to add a portrayal of the real story of slaves at Williamsburg, visitors found the reenactments disturbing. Others claimed it was … Continued
Horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, some delivery vans – these were the modes of transportation in the early 1900s in Springfield. Cars were scarce. People walked, hopped the trolley or took the train on Third Street to venture out of the city. Downtown was the site of numerous groceries, drugstores and shops that catered to every need – men’s fashions and hats, women’s clothing, boots and shoes, paints and wallpaper, china and glassware, jewelry, machines, etc. Arches stood on each of the four corners of the Old State Capitol block, and the downtown came alive for a yearly carnival during the state fair, held in late September.