Possum Trot origins linked to found possum tale
Alvin Gray recounts how Possum Trot got its name after a corner school rebuild when a possum was found in an old log. The man doing the rebuilding named the nearby location Possum Trot. Several local visits and family gatherings are noted, including weddings and Sunday visits across Fredonia Salem and Champaign areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Gray
Alvin and
Alpha Gray
Fredonia
Dwight Petrea
Petrea
Weems
Centralia
Delbert Carter
John Fulton
Dwight Black
Eva Black
Salem
Arnold Mack
Robert Fulton
Fighting Irishman of Illinois Far West Civil War Figure
The article profiles General Michael K. Lawler a colorful Illinois figure born in Ireland who led militia vigilantes to curb slave traders and later commanded the Eighteenth Illinois Volunteers. It notes his controversial methods including harsh penalties and a 1861 incident after a soldier killed a comrade, with ties to Equality and Gallatin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Hill
Illinois
Michael K. Lawler
Equality
Ireland
America
Rip
Lawler
Moore
California
Gallatin County
Third Regiment of
Illinois Volunteers
John Crenshaw
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
Eighteenth Regiment of
Mound City
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Mr. and
Mrs. Lawn Carter
Mary Anne Black
John Michael Davidson
Grace Methodist Church
Earl Williams
Chicago
Harold Jett
Patoka
Robert Carter
Otis Davidson
Millie Martin
Champaign
Alvin
Henry Brink
Madie Fox
Homer Osborn
Fredman Bros. Furniture CO
S. Locust Centralia
Aim
Odin
Tony
Leona
Drive Inn
Sandoval, Illinois
LaRoy Academy of Beauty Culture
Sybil Edington
Francis Baker
Centralia, Illinois
Sandoval
Altadonna
U.S. 51
South
Universal Butane Co
Illini State
John W. Allen
Farm-A
Young America Fair
Illinois State Fair
Cavalcade of Music
Labor's and Editors
SUN
Central Ilinois
Springfield
Lorne Greene
Marty Allen
Steve Rossi
Vikki Carr
New Christy Minstrels
Kingsmen
King
Hardy Family
Dornan Brothers
Pete Fountain
Jackie Vernon
Leckrone
Salem, Illinois
John Deere
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