Ralph Eckley News Today

Bloomington’s Prairie Aviation Museum will be coasting into its 40th year this summer. Dozens of volunteers are stepping up to preserve aviation history — heres why they do it.

Dr. Abram Van Tuyl Gilbert was the man who welcomed Abraham Lincoln when he spoke at Henry’s Lumberyard in Monmouth on Oct. 11, 1858.

1973 was important because we can draw lines from then to the present that explains many of the issues we are struggling with today.