The Herrin Area Historical Society hosts Mark Wagner on Friday, August 26, 2016, at 2:00 pm in the Tony Gailnes Meeting Room at the Herrin City Library.  Mr. Wagner is the director of  SIU’s Center for Archaeological Investigations and professor of anthropology. He will be discussing The Crenshaw House: The Old Slave House.  Attendance is free and open to the public.  Annual membership to the HAHS is $25.00 for an individual and $35 for a couple. 

For more information about The Crenshaw House: The Old Slave House, read this article from the Southern Illinoisan Newspaper: 

SIU researchers shed historical perspective on Crenshaw House legends