Deane, I have the address of the Pope County Historical Society on my "Favorite Connections" page on my webpage URL is below. Judy F. Lee *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Southeastern Illinois Resource Books [Pope, Massac, Johnson & Hardin] http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, STARDNCER@aol.com wrote... > Sometime back someone was telling me about a history of Pope county which >was published back in the 80's. Does anyone know of this publication? If so, >where can I get a copy? Thanks for any help. I'd like to encourage the >historical society in Pope county to move foreward. There is a lot of rich >history in that county..lots of good information on our past. Thanks for what >you are doing. Deane Jaco-Green > >