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Black and White Coal Mine

Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and Literacy Critic. In recent decades, Monmouth College professors have partnered

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When Peanuts Inspired Parades, Posh Parties

Story Courtesy of Jeff Rankin, Monmouth College Historian Author and Literacy Critic. Consider the lowly peanut. It’s fed to squirrels

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Charles Laughton

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER ASKED FOR MILK AND A BATH On a cold, winter night in 1948, a 27-year-old talent scout

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John Nicol – Photographer

JOHN NICOL—MONMOUTH’S MAGICAL PHOTOGRAPHER Many Monmouth residents are familiar with the exploits of Will Nicol, the Maple City magician who

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Civil War Widow

HISTORIC HOUSE WAS HOME TO CIVIL WAR WIDOW If only this house could speak. It’s a sentiment I often express

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