The Man Behind Pi Beta Phi’s Holt House

Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and Literacy Critic. Monmouth has long been a Republican town, but a few of its most influential citizens during its early […]

The Tin Goose

Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and Literacy Critic. If you recall the original Monmouth Airport, which operated on North 6th Street between 1922 and 1967, chances […]

Current Monmouth City Hall Built To Last

Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and Literacy Critic. To earn the trust of their customers, banks have traditionally constructed sturdy buildings with architecture reflecting strength and […]

Monmouth Man Brought Ben-Hur To the Stage

MONMOUTH MAN BROUGHT ‘BEN-HUR’ TO THE STAGE Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and literary critic William Dean Howells was nicknamed “The Dean of American Letters,” but […]

Great Monmouth Fire

GREAT MONMOUTH FIRE’ PRECEDED CHICAGO BLAZE BY MONTHS (Picture courtesy of medium.com) Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian On Oct. 8, 1871, a devastating fire destroyed more than three square miles […]

Mayo Williams Broke Racial Barriers

Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and Literacy Critic. The richness of Monmouth’s African American heritage has not been adequately addressed in this column. As we observe […]