McHistory

By WGLT

McHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically on WGLT's Sound Ideas. The series is produced in partnersh... more

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The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.

McHistory episodes:

February 18, 2022 McHistory: Multitalented suffrage leader promoted women’s health and the vote
Ellen Ferguson was a champion of women and women's suffrage. She made Bloomington-Normal her home in the 1870s.
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January 12, 2022 McHistory: A Bloomington huckster's best-selling 'medicine' was Blackberry Balsam
Bloomington-Normal has a long and distinguished history of business entrepreneurship. One less than distinguished, but very successful, business, had a continent-wide spread in the late 1800s.
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December 08, 2021 McHistory: Noted author Harold Sinclair of Bloomington
Bloomington-Normal has a tie to famed actor John Wayne and legendary filmmaker John Ford — a hardware store clerk turned noted author, Harold Sinclair.
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September 28, 2021 McHistory: Early Settlers Battled Prairie Fire To Tame The Land
There is not much prairie left in Illinois. Once, there was a waving sea of tall perennial flowers and grasses across much of the state. Now there is .01% of the original prairie left in Illinois.
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September 17, 2021 McHistory: Dr. William Hill, A Man Of Many Contradictions
A 19th century Bloomington doctor was a respected physician who was accused of stealing corpses.
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August 31, 2021 McHistory: Sigmund Livingston And The Anti-Defamation League
In 1913, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was founded in Bloomington to stop the defamation of Jewish people by appealing to minds, morals, and the law. Sigmund Livingston served as its first director.
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August 11, 2021 McHistory: Rags the Dog, The Illinois Traction System Mascot
McHistory is a co-production of WGLT and the McLean County Museum of History.
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July 19, 2021 McHistory: McLean County's Connection To The Tri-State Tornado Of 1925
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June 24, 2021 McHistory: Eleanor Roosevelt's Visit To McLean County
This week's episode of McHistory recounts Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Bloomington-Normal in 1937.
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June 11, 2021 McHistory: Inhumane Conditions At The McLean County Poor Farm
In this episode of McHistory, a look at the McLean County Poor Farm, where living conditions were often inhumane.
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The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.

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