• McHistory

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McHistory

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  • McHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically on WGLT's Sound Ideas. The series is produced in partnership with the McLean County Museum of History.
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  • Ange Milner was much more than ISNU's first librarian

    Ange Milner was much more than ISNU's first librarian
    Aug 7 2024

    It takes a beloved or significant figure in the history of an institution to name a building after that person. Illinois State University ended up naming two libraries for Angeline Vernon Milner.

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    8 mins
  • 'Cousin Emmy' was a pioneer of country and roots music

    'Cousin Emmy' was a pioneer of country and roots music
    Jul 24 2024

    Bloomington-Normal and McLean County are not really known as a cradle of country music. But there was this one time...in the 1930s. Cynthia May Carver, better known by her stage name “Cousin Emmy,” was a pioneer in country and roots music during the golden age of radio from the 1930s to the 1960s.

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    7 mins
  • The last legal MLB spitballer pitched in Bloomington

    The last legal MLB spitballer pitched in Bloomington
    Jun 20 2024

    Hall of Fame pitcher Burleigh Grimes was the last major league pitcher to legally throw a spitball. Grimes played with seven different major league teams, though mostly with the Dodgers and Cardinals. He retired in 1934, the year before he came to Bloomington.

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    7 mins

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