Books
The Lord Was Not on Trial
This is the inside story of the events leading up to a precedent-setting 1948 Supreme Court ruling that a practice involving religion and public education practiced within the Champaign County, Illinois School District was unconstitutional.
When We Went to War
In the spring of 1994, as the 50th anniversary of D-Day approached, News-Gazette reporters and photographers spread out across East Central Illinois, interviewing nearly 200 people – most of them veterans of World War II – for publication in a special newspaper insert.
Joseph William Royer - Urbana's Architect
A traveler entering Urbana in the year 1925 might well have been entering a city justifiably named “Royerville”. By that time, much of the architectural character of downtown Urbana and much of the residential ring around the city had been determined by Urbana-born architect Joseph William Royer.
The Answer Book - 2011
This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Answer Book, an annually updated resource on who, what, when, where and how-to in East Central Illinois. The Answer Book contains useful information about the communities in our area, including maps, key contact information, entertainment and shopping destinations, and more.
Remembering Robeson*s Champaign’s Department Store
Ask anyone who shopped at Robeson’s Department Store and they’ll tell you that it was a special place, a true relic of the past. Started by a young, ambitious man named Frank Kern (F.K.) Robeson in 1874 as a small dry goods store, Robeson’s became an iconic shopping center in downstate Illinois.
Allerton's Paradises
This book showcases two extraordinary estates: Allerton Park and Retreat Center near the town of Monticello, Illinois, and Lawai-Kai (also called Allerton Garden) on the southern end of the island of Kauai. Both were homes to the quiet philanthropist, Robert Allerton (1873-1964).
The Amish of Illinois' Heartland - Paperback
Anyone who has ever visited an Amish community has probably struggled to understand why these people choose to live without electricity, vehicles, or modern technology.
