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Untold Nauvoo Stories Keynote Presentation Community Room

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Randall Soland: “The Dirty Thirties": Bank Robbery, Bombing and Bootlegging

Lester Ramsey “ The Way it Was in Postwar Nauvoo”

A description of 1950’s life in Nauvoo including the grape vineyards, the strawberry fields, raft building at the river, the businesses such as Nauvoo Cheese Plant, Kelly’s Ford Garage, Mayor Horton’s Chevrolet and Standard Station, the St. Mary’s Academy, the Grape Festival Parade, the Wedding of the Wine and Cheese, the visits of the Delta Queen, the seaplane base and the airplane crash, the fire and destruction of the Morman movie theater, the night our Nauvoo High School Gym burned to the ground, the grocery stores, the city dump, school days, and the Cub Scout troops. There would be a special emphasis on the flat area and the coming of our first official Dairy Queen. That much anticipated opening day of the DQ would lead to an exciting bicycle race down Martin Hill. It was a day never to be forgotten and summed up by the words, “The First shall be Last and the Last shall be First.”

Alan Moberly: “Nauvoo in 1927”

What was life like in Nauvoo 100 years ago? What was going on in the national news? How did people live? What did they eat? How did they travel? In this presentation, we will learn more about the world of those who lived here in the late 1920s.

Pat Hallman: “The Brown Home”

Miranda BaileyPeetz: “Fashion and the Civil War”

What did women wear and why. I start out in my "underpinnings", aka a chemise and stockings, and get dressed in full Civil War era dress. I explain each layer, why and how it is worn, what it is made of, etc. I finish with a complete outfit, including dress, bonnet, gloves, and all other accessories.

Rebecca Williamson: “Lionberger Family Musical”

The Lionberger family came to Hancock County in a horsedrawn wagon as one of the first settlers of the county. In 1993 at the Lionberger National Family Reunion the Hancock County Lionberger descendents put on a musical production that told the story of the Lionberger Family coming to Nauvoo. Rebecca will talk about the story of the muscial play and play a fewvideos of the 1993 performance.

Bill Furry: “Lillian Snyder: Guardian of the Icaria”

John McCarty: “Signs of the Times in Nauvoo”

A trip down Mullholland storefronts with a pictorial history of their signage. We will show examples of early sign work all the way to the present day. We will explain the surface & paint material types and their evolution over time. We will also show the changes of building use and it’s effect on the signage.

Paula Furry: “St. Peter and St. Paul's Historic Church Organ and other Illinois Rural Churches Organs”

Rita Souther: “Carved in Stone: The Secret Language of Graves”

Carved in Stone: The language and imagery on tombstones that reveal long-lost secrets and forgotten facts about the deceased. The talk is illustrated with images of tombstones in local cemeteries and other historical sites.

Gene McEntee: “History of the Nauvoo Grain Elevator”

Lois DiPrima & Linda Hardy: “The Summeer Kitchen at the Joseph Smith Homestead”

Mike Wiant: “The Sauk Tribe of the Central Mississippi River Valley”

The arrival of Europeans in North America in the late 15th century triggered a wave of cultural, political, and personal changes for Indigenous people. Long before a substantial number of Europeans arrived in the Illinois Country, their impact was already altering lives, as evidenced by the history of the Sauk, who settled in the central Mississippi River valley in the early 18th century. In this presentation, we explore Sauk history and how, over time, they were forced to abandon their homes and move west.

Setphanie Moore & Sister Marlene: “The Bell Still Rings: The Lasting Influence of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary’s Academy - Subtitle More than a school; A legacy that still calls us back to Nauvoo.”

More to be announced!