Another happy Customer! (at DuQuoin State Fair) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch_PZ8mOZNv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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U.S. Daily Low Temperature Records Tied/Broken 5/27/22
Brewton, Alabama: 76 (previous record 77 2015)
Unincorporated Coffee County, Alabama: 71 (also 71 1976)
Geneva, Alabama: 70 (previous record 78 1979)
Opelika, Alabama: 70 (previous record 71 2020)
Cabot, Arkansas: 67 (previous record 69 2011)
Fayetteville, Arkansas: 58 (previous record 63 1992)
Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas: 69 (previous record 70 1979)
Ozark National Forest, Arkansas: 61 (previous record 68 1992)
Subiaco, Arkansas: 62 (also 62 1976)
Waldron, Arkansas: 65 (previous record 67 2002)
Unincorporated Yell County, Arkansas: 63 (previous record 67 1979)
Niceville, Florida: 74 (previous record 76 1951)
Wewahitchka, Florida: 74 (previous record 76 2020)
DuQuoin Township, Illinois: 63 (previous record 65 1992)
Creston, Iowa: 54 (previous record 55 1932)
Iowa Falls, Iowa: 55 (also 55 1965)
Webster City, Iowa: 54 (also 54 1915)
Horton, Kansas: 57 (previous record 58 1906)
West Albany Township, Minnesota: 56 (previous record 58 2013)
Winona, Minnesota: 56 (also 56 1968)
Albany, Missouri: 59 (previous record 62 1950)
Cassville, Missouri: 60 (also 60 1992)
Jefferson Township, North Carolina: 62 (also 62 1979)
Unincorporated Le Flore County, Oklahoma: 64 (previous record 69 1948)
Muskogee, Oklahoma: 63 (previous record 65 1976)
Unincorporated Sherman County, Oregon: 56 (previous record 57 2011)
Unincorporated Municipio Trujio Alto, Puerto Rico: 83 (previous record 85 2017)
Memphis, Tennessee: 73 (also 73 1992)
Newbold Township, Wisconsin: 53 (also 53 1970)
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Tomorrow #rikisride Ive got my @indianmotorcycle a tank full of gas and I’m heading to #duquoin Illinois for Sat @americanflattrack race. I’ll leave Thursday stop in #Nashville see @acevonjohnson hopefully convince him to get some #hotchicken then Fri I’m heading the the #americanflattrack race Things get interesting Sunday as I #roadtrip my #indianmotorcycle 650 miles in what looks like thunderstorms the whole way I’ll be trying my @hwkmotorsports jacket if that happens I’m trying to set up live tracking so you can follow my route as it happens #bagger #adventure #travel #nature #explore #photography #wanderlust #travelphotography #hwkmotorsports #mountains #love #photooftheday #outdoors #travelgram #hwk #naturephotography #hwkmotorsports #rikirachtman @simpson_motorcycle_helmets @hotleathers https://www.instagram.com/p/CRVWjxAlTLb/?utm_medium=tumblr
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A campaign train for Gov. Jim Thompson takes a siding off the high iron of the Illinois Central somewhere near Marion. The train had been in Cairo earlier for a campaign stop.
DuQuoin, IL
September, 1978
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Anna Pottery (1859-1910) / Wallace & Cornwall Kirkpatrick
pig flask, anatomically correct
Anna, Illinois, circa 1880
Albany-slip-glazed stoneware
incised inscription: "St. Louis. the future Capital in / Rail Road & River Guid. / with a little good old Bourbon in"; further decorated with a railroad map of the Midwest featuring various landmarks: Miss. River, Chester, Grand Tower, Mounds, Anna, Carbondale, Duquoin, Tamaroa, Ashley, Centralia, Odin, Effingham, Matoon, Tolono, Chicago "the great Corncrib of the world", Cincinnati "the ancient Pork Opolis" and the Ohio River
Toomey Auctioneers
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Southern Illinois Virtual LGBTQ Town Hall
Join us on 3/29 for a virtual Town Hall with local elected officials to discuss LGBTQ issues in Southern Illinois! The guest list includes Representative Paul Jacobs, Representative Patrick Windhorst, Representative Dave Severin, Senator Terri Bryant, and Senator Dale Fowler, including five local mayors. We unfortunately have not received responses from our State Representatives and Senators.
We have confirmation from DuQuoin Mayor Guy Alongi and a tentative confirmation from Marion Mayor Mike Absher. We await responses from local mayors in Murphysboro, Carbondale, and Benton.
ENCOURAGE OUR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PARTICIPATE and listen to the voices of their constituents!
To register:https://secure.everyaction.com/zXjZdSe10UGTQaiO25sxlQ2
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