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Crackerbarrel Newsletter

The Crackerbarrel is the Society's bimonthly member newsletter. It has a calendar of upcoming events, articles of historical interest, nd reminiscences of days gone by, and news of Society events.

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September 2011: In Memoriam: Chuck Emmert (Part 2 of 2) Warren Carbary; 60 Years of Public Golf; Theodore Schmitz, inventor of the yellow line

July 2011: Bicycles in Elgin; In Memoriam: Chuck Emmert (Part 1 of 2); Kenosha Civil War Museum road trip; Things Made in Elgin event at Gail Borden Library

May 2011: Fire Barn Museum, Keeney's Sporting Goods; Dick Peck; Elgin Bike Chain Project; 2011 Open House

March 2011: Trainwreck in Elgin's Past; In Memorium: Gregg Ziegler,Jan Embree, Cliff Lohs; Lords Park Zoo; Elgin Little Symphony Orchestra; Elgin Torquers Racing Club; Political Tactics in Lincoln's Time

January 2011: Howard Hoagland; Razing Simpsoin Electric Building; 2010 Annual Report

November 2010: Teddy Roosevelt Reprisor Joe Weigand; William J. Gartner; the Elgin Club in Lake Geneva WIMural at Simpson Electric; Milk and Dairy Collection; Elgin Country Club; Observatory Tour

September 2010: Elgin Road Race Centennial, Bieirs Bakery, Myrtle Geberding, LeRoy Powers Civil War letter

July 2010: Mural at Simpson Electric; Milk and Dairy Collection; Elgin Country Club; Observatory Tour

May 2010: New Museum Exhibits, Pearl Harbor Program, Karl Lehr Bequest, Old Elgin Drum Found

March 2010: History of Elgin Community College; Elgin divorce records; maple syrup production

January 2010: New Year's Celebrations, Washington's Birthday, Pee Wee Jacobs

November 2009: Remembering Veterans' Day; November Facts; D.C. Cook Mansion of California; Admiral Byrd Chronometer

September 2009: What's in a Nickname; WWII; Renwick's Light Artillery; Harold "Booty" Lange, Horseshoe Champion

July 2009: Summertime Memories; Roaring 20s Ride; Civil War Cannon Centennial; 4th of July Parade Photos

May 2009: City Planning in Elgin; the USS Indianapolis

March 2009: Tribute to Libbie Samuelson; A Depression Memoir

January 2009: Elgin Hawaiian Guitar Band; Winter in Old Elgin

November 2008: Golfer Ella Mae Williams Roessler; The Watch Word

September 2008: Good's Barber Shop; Elgin Mental Health Center Landmark Buildings

July 2008: Searghfield Harney; Elgin Watch Advertising

May 2008: Marching in Selma AL; A Trip Across the Plains

March 2008: New exhibits for 2008; Jane Addams

January 2008: Tribute to editor George Albee; Elgin Continentals

 

Older back issues of The Crackerbarrel are available at the Museum.