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Students Investigate 1600s Depue Massacre, Allison Ryan
Students Investigate 1600s Depue Massacre, Allison Ryan
Public History in Illinois Documents
DEPUE — South and east of DePue, near the remaining vertebrae of a former railroad bridge, an ordinary cornfield shows no sign of the massacre that may once have taken place on its soil, long before the nearby town was founded.
Clay Skinner, a teacher at Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora, and a handful of his students hope to change that.
The Call To Remember: Marker Rededication, Eastland Disaster Historical Society
The Call To Remember: Marker Rededication, Eastland Disaster Historical Society
Public History in Illinois Documents
The original marker, erected by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) in conjunction with the Illinois State Historical Society, marked the site of the tragedy from 1989 through 2000. The marker was suggested by students from the academy who wondered why such a marker had never been erected previously.