WALK TISKILWA PLANS GEARING UP FOR DECEMBER 11!
As you've read here, for this year's Country Christmas, we're inviting everyone to walk along Main Street -- and beyond -- to Catch the Spirit of the holidays. Most activities and events will occur BETWEEN 9:00 and 12:00 on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11. So far, we've heard from these participants:
TISKILWA COMMUNITY CHURCH: Bake sale and rug sale with a special appearance from Santa Claus himself
TISKILWA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: The faithful elves have lined Main Street with fir
“Black Hawk’s View of Illinois History” Features Brian Fox Ellis on November 8 in Tiskilwa
Imagine sitting around a campfire with Black Hawk (Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kiuk-kiuk), listening to stories of creation and legends of his grandfathers. The Tiskilwa Historical Society is inviting the community to do just that on Monday evening, November 8, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Tiskilwa’s Museum on Main. Storyteller and historian Brian “Fox” Ellis begins the program with his family’s connection to the Trail of Tears and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from their ance
