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Pioneer Life in Illinois

Presented by Kinmundy Log Cabins Village

Rick and Teresa Hanks from Kinmudy Log Cabin Village will deliver a program about what pioneer life was like for Illinois settlers.

The Kinmundy Log Cabin Village has a mission to preserve pioneer era log structures and artifacts in an effort to educate the public on the lifestyles of the 19th century pioneers. In the late 1950’s, Erma Ingram of Kinmundy, IL realized that log structures of the 1800s were rapidly vanishing and began to acquire them. She had cabins dating from the early to mid 1800s relocated to a 40 acre wooded tract on the north side of Kinmundy. The cabins were brought in from a 50 mile radius and were furnished with authentic artifacts to approximate the look of the rough and simple lives of the pioneers. The cabins were open to the public in the mid 1970s.

This presentation is the result of a partnership between the Effingham Public Library and the Museum. It is free and a library card is not required to attend.

Rick Hanks, Kinmundy Promotions, Inc President, and Teresa Hanks, Treasurer, will speak about the lifestyle, harsh realities, and self-determination of pioneer life in Illinois during the early and mid 1800s. They will answer questions after they speak.

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