History of Southern Illinois Vol. 1, 2 & 3 A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View $15.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Southern-Illinois-History_W0QQitemZ200365733563QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea6ba76bb "The richest heritage which shall ever come into our possession is the simple story of the struggles, the sacrifices, and the triumphs of the men and women our fore-parents who planted in this western wilder- ness the home, the school, the church, and the state. We shall never know that story in all its fullness and completeness. For the noble men and women who opened up the way for civilization in all this western country, have long since gone to their reward, and they have left meager accounts of all the vicissitudes through which they passed when "wilderness was king." We may never realize, fully, what it meant for the men and women of a century or more ago to leave comfortable homes, devoted friends and relatives, the associations of childhood, aye, the graves of their dead, and take up their weary march over mountains, across streams, through trackless forests, to plant new homes in a wilderness inhabited by wild beasts and wilder men." Southernmost Illinois is where Illinois' European era history began. The Land Between the nation's two largest Rivers - Massac, Pulaski, Johnson, Pope, Alexander and Union counties - was prominent in the earliest activities. Many do not realize its nationally significant history. The crescent shaped section of the Ohio River between Metropolis and Cairo was one of the busiest "interstate highways" of the 1700s and 1800s, carrying settlers and their belongings westward and farm products to market. Volume 1 Includes chapters on 29 counties. Volumes 2 & 3 include biographical sketches of prominent citizens. Professor George Washington Smith served on the faculty of the History Department at Southern Illinois University from 1890 to 1935 and was Professor Emeritus from 1935 until his death in 1945. CONTENTS - Volume 1 CHAPTER I SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GEOLOGY CHAPTER II RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CHAPTER III INDIANS AND PREHISTORIC PEOPLES CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS CHAPTER V PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS IN ILLINOIS CHAPTER VI LOUISIANA AND ILLINOIS (1732-1777) CHAPTER VII CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY CHAPTER VIII ILLINOIS COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY CHAPTER IX AS A PART OF INDIANA TERRITORY CHAPTER X ILLINOIS (1809-1812) CHAPTER XI APPROACHING STATEHOOD CHAPTER XII ILLINOIS BECOMES A STATE CHAPTER XIII ILLINOIS UNDER GOVERNOR BOND CHAPTER XIV ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR COLES CHAPTER XV NINIAN EDWARDS, GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS CHAPTER XVI EXPANSION CHAPTER XVII AN IMPORTANT STATE PERIOD CHAPTER XVIII ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR JOSEPH DUNCAN CHAPTER XIX MARTYRDOM OF LOVEJOY CHAPTER XX ILLINOIS FROM 1838 TO 1846 CHAPTER XXII GOVERNOR JOEL A. MATTESON CHAPTER XXIII PERIOD OF POLITICAL UNREST CHAPTER XXIV LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE AT JONESBORO CHAPTER XXV ON THE EVE OP THE GREAT CONFLICT CHAPTER XXVI "WAR HISTORY (1861-1898) CHAPTER XXVII THE RETURN OF PEACE CHAPTER XXVIII JOURNALISM CHAPTER XXIX TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER XXX EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS CHAPTER XXXI ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE CHAPTER XXXII PRIVATE SCHOOLS CHAPTER XXXIII SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE CHAPTER XXXIV STATE SCHOOLS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION CHAPTER XXXV BANKS AND BANKING IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CHAPTER XXXVI AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CHAPTER XXXVII ALEXANDER COUNTY CHAPTER XXXVIII BOND COUNTY CHAPTER XXXIX CLARK COUNTY CHAPTER XLI CLINTON COUNTY CHAPTER XLII CRAWFORD COUNTY CHAPTER XLIII CUMBERLAND COUNTY CHAPTER XLIV EDWARDS COUNTY CHAPTER XLV EFFINGHAM COUNTY CHAPTER XL VI FAYETTE COUNTY CHAPTER XLVII FRANKLIN COUNTY CHAPTER XLVIII GALLATIN COUNTY CHAPTER XLIX HAMILTON COUNTY CHAPTER L HARDIN COUNTY CHAPTER LI JACKSON COUNTY CHAPTER LII JASPER COUNTY CHAPTER LIII JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAPTER LIV JOHNSON COUNTY CHAPTER LV LAWRENCE COUNTY CHAPTER LVI MARION COUNTY CHAPTER LVII MASSAC COUNTY CHAPTER LVIII MONROE COUNTY CHAPTER LIX PERRY COUNTY CHAPTER LX POPE COUNTY CHAPTER LXI PULASKI COUNTY CHAPTER LXII RANDOLPH COUNTY CHAPTER LXIII RICHLAND COUNTY CHAPTER LXIV ST. CLAIR COUNTY CHAPTER LXV SALINE COUNTY CHAPTER LXVI UNION COUNTY CHAPTER LXVII WABASH COUNTY CHAPTER LXVIII WASHINGTON COUNTY CHAPTER LXIX WAYNE COUNTY CHAPTER LXX WHITE COUNTY CHAPTER LXXI WILLIAMSON COUNTY Lots More in Volumes 2 & 3