Jeff RankinMonmouth pastor provided humanitarian relief during Civil WarMONMOUTH, Ill. — In recent months, we have become all too familiar with the collateral damage that war inflicts on innocent civilians. The…Nov 30, 2022
Jeff RankinBerwick farm boy became father of comparative economicsMONMOUTH, Ill. — It seems improbable that a humble farm boy from Berwick, Ill., would become one of the world’s leading economists, help…Jun 29, 2021
Jeff RankinFrederick Douglass spoke in Monmouth in 1866MONMOUTH, Ill. — In his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight says of the renowned abolitionist who…Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022
Jeff RankinUnraveling the long and winding legacy of Monmouth fraternity historyMONMOUTH, Ill. — The history of Greek life at Monmouth College is both long and proud, but it is also remarkably complicated, due to a…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Jeff RankinUnearthed early portrait shines new light on Monmouth College’s first presidentMONMOUTH, Ill. — The name David Alexander Wallace is legendary at Monmouth College, in no small part because its flagship building — now…Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Jeff RankinMonmouth pastor provided humanitarian relief during Civil WarMONMOUTH, Ill. — In recent months, we have become all too familiar with the collateral damage that war inflicts on innocent civilians. The…Nov 30, 2022
Jeff RankinBerwick farm boy became father of comparative economicsMONMOUTH, Ill. — It seems improbable that a humble farm boy from Berwick, Ill., would become one of the world’s leading economists, help…Jun 29, 2021
Jeff RankinFrederick Douglass spoke in Monmouth in 1866MONMOUTH, Ill. — In his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight says of the renowned abolitionist who…Jun 3, 2022
Jeff RankinUnraveling the long and winding legacy of Monmouth fraternity historyMONMOUTH, Ill. — The history of Greek life at Monmouth College is both long and proud, but it is also remarkably complicated, due to a…Mar 18, 2021
Jeff RankinUnearthed early portrait shines new light on Monmouth College’s first presidentMONMOUTH, Ill. — The name David Alexander Wallace is legendary at Monmouth College, in no small part because its flagship building — now…Jan 3, 2022
InThe StartupbyJeff RankinMonmouth’s first modern architecture grew around abandoned breweryMONMOUTH, Ill. — Microbreweries are increasingly being welcomed in small towns for their contributions to the local economy. That had been…Nov 5, 2019
Jeff RankinThe day the ‘Music Man’ came to MonmouthMONMOUTH, Ill. — In Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, Professor Harold Hill recounts to the people of River City the “electric thrill” he…Dec 1, 20211
Jeff RankinFrom the Manhattan Project to the nuclear age, Avon native enjoyed front-row seat to historyMONMOUTH, Ill. — When Jack Powell entered Monmouth College in the fall of 1939, the war in Europe seemed very far away. Little did he…Jul 2, 2019
