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McHistory is a co-production of WGLT and the McLean County Museum of History.
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McHistory is a co-production of WGLT and the McLean County Museum of History.
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The National Liver and Kidney Cure was said to be made from vegetables and herbs—and may have had some alcohol in it for an extra kick. It was made right here in Normal.
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On this month's episode of McHistory, you'll meet Florence Mae Risser Funk of Bloomington, who played a key role in getting women the right to…
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The events of the past year have encouraged the nation to acknowledge notable moments in Black history and in Bloomington-Normal, as in many places, that…
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The early 1900s saw an influx of racism and discrimination in the Midwest, from anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant, and anti-African American sentiment, to…
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Bloomington-Normal had only one documented lynching.This episode of McHistory produced by WGLT's Mary Cullen tells of the gruesome death of Charles…
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John L. Walcott was Bloomington's first undertaker.This episode of McHistory shares the story of one cabinet furnisher turned coffin maker.This episode of…
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Irons Folsom Fox blazed the path for women in Bloomington-Normal who had dreams of writing in the late 1800s.One of the Pantagraph's…
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The care of orphaned, abandoned, and rejected African American children in Bloomington Normal has not always been kind or good, or even wanted in certain…
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Baseball fans remember the greats of the sport: the Babe Ruths, the Lou Gehrigs. And the players that didn't quite make the Hall of Fame often slip…
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One of Bloomington-Normal's early feminists, Anna May Christian, was proud to live her life as a single woman at the turn of the 20th century.This episode…