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Coulterville Historical Society

Website:cvillehistory.wixsite.com/coulterville

Contact by Phone: Jenny Dyson 618-317-4933

Quarterly Newsletter

August 2026

As school gets back under way, we are already busy with many projects. First, we are excited to announce that the museum will have a grand re-opening during the Fall Festival on Saturday, September 19 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. If you are in the area, please stop in to see the amazing renovations that have taken place over this past year! We will continue to work over the next couple of months to showcase new and forgotten items!

Additionally we are excited to announce that the Coulterville Historical Society is one of twenty-four non-profit organizations in Illinois to receive a grant from Illinois Humanities. We are looking for participants to volunteer to train as storytellers of Revolutionary Era stories at the Fall Festival. The training sessions will be Tuesday, September 2 and Tuesday, September 8 at 6:00 pm in the High School Social Studies room. The Fall Festival will also feature a storytelling booth for community members to record their thoughts on America 250.

Another service from Illinois Humanities that we are taking advantage of is a Road Speaker who will be in Coulterville on Sunday, September 20 at 2:00 at City Hall. The Society and Library Alliance will sponsor Bob Swenson of Carbondale to speak about steamboats and the Ohio River confluences and the impact on Southern Illinois history and economy.

Finally we would like to thank The Village of Coulterville, Averbeck Construction, Bradley’s Painting, CS Plumbing, SICF, RWE, and a special thank you to Lonnie and Judy Coke for all the time and talent spent getting the museum renovated.

With the re-opening of the museum, we hope to continue to bring interesting programs and interesting history to our community! As always, our students at CHS are a vital part of this museum project, and we are thankful for their contributions.