The Midwest in Artifacts
October 15, 2025
Katie Brethorst-Stockwell, deputy director of the Grayslake Heritage Center in Grayslake, Illinois, joins us to talk about a candy counter from the Grayslake Five and Dime. Learn more about the five and dime and its owners, Evie and Winnie, who were business partners, best friends, and fixtures in their community. (image courtesy of the Grayslake Historical Society)
October 1, 2025
Ashlee Anderson, public historian and museum educator, joins us to discuss Abraham Lincoln’s last decree and why it is intimately tied to the Midwest. (image courtesy of History Nebraska)
September 17, 2025
Eldon Yeakel, Curator of Collections at the Wyandotte County Museum near Kansas City, Kansas joins us to discuss a World War II Era B-25 tail section stabilizer and rudder assembly and why the B-25 is so connected to the Midwest. (image courtesy of the Wyandotte County Museum)
September 3, 2025
Brooke Morgan, Curator of Anthropology at the Illinois State Museum joins us to discuss a Clovis point from Illinois, a Midwestern artifact that is approximately 13,000 years old. (image courtesy of the Illinois State Museum)
More about the Clovis point that went to space: “A Relic of the Past Sours into the Final Frontier.”