The Morgan Country Historical Society in Jacksonville, Illinois will present a Chautauqua on the educational history of the region. Audiences will be able to hear lecturers, first-person re-enactors, musical programs, and storytellers, all related to the period, the region, and education at Illinois College during the 19th century.

Program:

• Ring the Bell – 4p
  
  Music by the Brad Floreth Quartet.
  
• Catherine Beecher – 4:20p
  
  Don Eldred, James Davis, Wendy McCarty, John Power, and Teddy Rammelkamp will discuss the historical figure of Edward Beecher.
  
• Owen Lovejoy – 5p
  
  Fully catered dinner to be served at 6pm.
  
• Catered Supper – 6p
  
  Fully catered dinner to be served at 6pm.
  
• The Prairie Grass – 7p
  
  Fred McCord will be acting out the historical personality of Julian Surtevant.
  
• Meet Harriet Beecher Stowe – 8p
  
  Ruth Pangrace of Lankland, Ohio will be presenting the historical personality of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  

For more information call 217-243-2423 or email wdfuhrig@aol.com.