Mt. Pulaski Grade School Visit

Courthouse & Museum

19 May, 2009

The students learned about Abraham Lincoln, Revolutionary War General Count Casimir Pulaski, Jabez Capps, the 1910 Wilbur Wright Airplane-Illinois Central Train Race from Chicago to Springfield, the Connolley Drug Store, 65 yr. old ice cream machine, Military Uniforms, old 1st National Bank Vault, old adding machines, 1st lady of Radio (Leanor Von DeLeath), old dairy farm separator, ink-well desks, state champion Mt. Pulaski High School Bands, former Mt. Pulaski area adult bands, slate chalk boards, 1936 4th place Illinois State Mt. Pulaski High School basketball team, 1976 1st Place Illinois State Mt. Pulaski High School Basketball Team, 1982 1st place Illinois State Mt. Pulaski Grade School Basketball Team, etc.

Hey, who won that $10,000 airplane-train race?