

The Eccentric John Frederic Hessel and His Grand City Plan
Located just north of Kirby Avenue and west of Neil Street sits Hessel Park, a gathering place enjoyed by families, children, and...
TJ Blakeman
Nov 5, 20188 min read


A Bovine by Any Other Name
By Adele Suslick, Education Coordinator The Taste of Champaign attracted lots of people to West Side Park this past August for the city’s...
TJ Blakeman
Oct 4, 20182 min read


The Co-Ed Theatre
By Perry Morris Visiting today's bustling Campustown, it is increasingly hard to envision the quaint commercial street of yesteryear. ...
TJ Blakeman
Oct 3, 20188 min read


Buried Treasure: Converting Champaign County’s Swampy Prairies to Farmland
By Jason Peterson, Feature Writer Travelers entering Champaign County today would stumble upon miles and miles of cultivated farmland....
TJ Blakeman
Jun 2, 20184 min read


Prehn's: A Student Tradition
Prehn's On Oregon, Champaign County History Museum If you were a student at the University of Illinois between 1927 and 1966, then there...
champaigncohistory
May 6, 20183 min read


African American Student Housing at the University of Illinois
As I began my faculty appointment at the University of Illinois Archives, I was given the privilege to finish a digital story map that...
Jessica Ballard
Feb 24, 20186 min read


Stranger Things: How Oysters, Quails, and Clark R. Griggs Brought the U of I to Champaign County
Clark Robinson Griggs and Family. Source: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Choosing the location for the University of...
Doug Peterson
Feb 23, 20184 min read


99th Pursuit Squadron
99th Pursuit Squadron at Chanute Air Field Source: Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet, Illinois During World War II, the United States...
Breaden Belcher, Museum Manager
Jan 31, 20182 min read


99th Pursuit Squadron
Breaden Belcher, CCHM Museum Manager During World War II, the United States armed forces were segregated. But this didn’t stop African...
TJ Blakeman
Jan 31, 20182 min read


‘A Desolation for Wandering Cattle and Pigs’: The First U of I Class Encounters the Elephant
The University of Illinois began with one lone building, which looked out on a wide, open landscape on the southeast corner of University...
Doug Peterson
Jan 30, 20183 min read
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