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Remembering the Trail of Tears

Posted on April 21, 2013 by admin

Tony Gerard tells the story of Caleb Tucker.
Last Monday evening, everyone enjoyed Tony Gerard’s living history performance of Caleb Tucker telling his story of the removal of the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Oklahoma. After leading a group across the Ohio River on a ferry into Golconda, Illinois the trek began across southern [...]

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Removing the Cherokee: A Soldier’s Story

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin

Join us at Trail of Tears State Forest for a Living History presentation by Tony Gerard.
Tony portrays Caleb Tucker, a soldier in the United Sates Army who finds himself assigned to round up the Cherokee in preparation for forced removal to the Indian nations in present-day Oklahoma. As removal nears Caleb takes his discharge from [...]

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Wild About Illinois Audubon Society

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin

In 2007 Illinois Audubon Society purchased a 58-acre inholding in Lusk Creek Wilderness in the Shawnee National Forest. A subsequent survey of flora revealed an astonishing 500-plus species of plants on the tiny tract of land!
What do Indiana bats, Blanding’s turtles, dusky salamanders, greater prairie-chickens, bald eagles and timber rattlers have in common? These are [...]

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