Williamson County Illinois Historical Society

A booklet was published in 1926 by the Herrin Lion’s Club to sway the state and national attitudes about Williamson County and Herrin due to the large number of negative ads related to the KKK, prohibition violations and gang warfare that had been appearing in national papers. The booklet was intended to point out the positive points of our county and towns therein including Herrin, Marion, Carterville and Johnston City as well as convince state Lions Clubs to hold a state convention in Herrin. The booklet is naturally focused on business, infrastructure, schools and churches. The index has been added to our Master Local History Index.

The index to the book “They Are not Forgotten, Men of Johnston City Who died in Uniform” put together by Bill Hampsey and Helen Lind in 2008 has been posted to the Master Military Index.

Two new indexes have been added to our website. The first is “Soldiers Buried in Williamson County” that was added to the Master Military Index.

The second book is Letters from the Past, published by Mary Jo Moore in 1999. This book is a set of correspondence generated mostly by Barbara Barr Hubbs from 1936 to locals seeking information in preparation for her then unpublished book, “Pioneer Folks and Place.” The book contains many references to local people and places in the county. The index was added to our Master Local History index.