Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 6:00 p.m.
Lansing Public Library, Community Room
2750 Indiana Ave., Lansing,Il
The Lansing Historical Society will celebrate the Bicentennial of Illinois with a presentation by Dr. Ted Cable about his book.
If you have been driving through Illinois on I-55 and exclaimed, “There’s nothing out there but corn” you aren’t alone, but you couldn’t be more wrong. Learn why Steven Spielberg visited Waggoner, Illinois, and what fruit Abraham Lincoln used to christen the town named after him, as well as what route was frequented by flesh-eating birds and what antique mall was said to harbor a spaceship. When you travel in the company of LuAnn Cadden and Ted Cable, every mile marker between Chicago and St. Louis hides a story, and even grain silos become adventure destinations.
Ted is a graduate of T. F. South in Lansing, Illinois and a professor at Kansas State University
For more information, call Barb Dust, 708-474-7497