This is Throwback Thursday #150.  In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general.  If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com.  Thanks!

---

On Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, local historian Michele Micetich is speaking at the Coal City Library about the history of Coal City and the surrounding area.  She manages the Carbon Hill School Museum in Carbon Hill, IL.  Her presentations are as informative as they are interesting.  No one knows more about the history of the area than Michele!  Visit the School Museum!  There’s much to see.

Meeting Room

Tuesday, February 28, 2023
7:00pm – 8:00pm

85 N Garfield St
Coal City, IL 60416
(815) 634-4552
See map: Google Maps

Contact Info
Name: Bryan Gilligan
Email: Bryan@ccpld.org
Phone Number: (815) 634-4552 ext. 109

The original 1893 schoolhouse displays hundreds of original artifacts depicting immigrant turn-of-the-century life of families, businesses, and coal mines. Original items include the jailhouse iron doors, soccer trophies and bocce balls, coal mining tools, furniture and household items, old store supplies, Illinois coal reports, maps and plats, and plenty of family memories; there is something to interest everyone.

A significant portion of the north room represents all the coal fields of Grundy and Will Counties, Illinois. In the south classroom you can sit at the desks, read through the old books, see photos depicting our classes and school history, 1893-1955. Three rooms are filled with photographs, artifacts, local memorabilia, kitchen, bedroom and store displays from “the old days,” plus a diorama of Carbon Hill, in its mining heyday, circa 1900.

The Carbon Hill Historical Society, a chartered and registered not-for-profit organization, invites anyone interested in our museum and local history to visit and also to join our society, which owns the school and sponsors all of its programs.

Please phone Michele Micetich, 815-347-0810 or email mmicetich@comcast.net for more information on programs, presentations, hours and appointments.