Celebrating Untold Stories: History of Edwardsville

Join West End Service Station June 26 to learn about the history of Edwardsville from guest speaker Cindy Reinhardt!

Local historian Cindy Reinhardt has been researching and writing about Edwardsville and Madison County for over thirty years. She regularly speaks to community groups and in classrooms on various aspects of local and regional history and preservation. Her publications include two books of local history, “150 Years of Hometown News” Celebrating the sesquicentennial of the Edwardsville Intelligencer and “Leclaire,” a pictorial history of the Leclaire National Historic District from Arcadia Publishing.

She is also the author of hundreds of articles highlighting Madison County history for local, regional and state publications. For more than two decades, she has researched and written a series of building histories published during National Historic Publication Month. She is also the author and editor of the award-winning MCHS News, published by the Madison County Historical Society where she has been an active member of the board since 2011.

*Seating is limited- reserve your spot by emailing Carol at cmatteson@riversandroutes.com