History

  • The Graveyard Shift: Episode Two | Lewis and Clark Godfrey Campus History

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  • The Graveyard Shift: Episode One | History of Alton

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  • Women Who Made History

  • Krystie’s Kuriosities: Robert Wadlow

    by Krystie Morrison kemorrison@lc.edu   Alton, Ill. is known for its rich history that includes stories of Elijah P. Lovejoy, the Underground Railroad, the Piasa Bird and also the world’s tallest man, Robert Pershing Wadlow. …

  • Better Know A Sport: Aussie Rules Football

    By: Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   The cool fall air, leaves turning colors, it is football season in America, and no better time for “Better Know A Sport” to come back. For this football season edition,…

  • Remembering Bob Gibson, Who Changed Baseball Forever

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   The greatest Cardinals pitcher of them all, Bob Gibson, passed away at the age of 84 on Friday, Oct. 2. On the same day, the Cardinals were eliminated from baseball’s…

  • SIX The Musical Offering a Feminist Perspective on History

    By Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu   I think it could be safely assumed I love musicals that teach me about history, seeing as Hamilton had been my favorite musical for the last few years. However, another…

  • The Heartache of The Great Depression

    By Alexandra Blockton ablockton@lc.edu It simply started in the United States as it quickly spread throughout the world. First, the stock market crashed in October of 1929. That was when bank failures, consumer debt,  drought…

  • Remembering Baseless and Ludicrous Mass Killings

    Kezia Miller kezmiller@lc.edu   The students sat quietly, grieving and alarmed, as they learned of the violent crowds who killed more than 4,000 innocent souls. These people were murdered under a mask of false accusations…

  • Lewis and Clark Honors the Memory of WWI

    Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu   This year is the one hundred year anniversary of the armistice of World War I, having been signed on Nov. 11, 1918. An educational and meaningful presentation was given to an…