Polar, my husband, youngest daughter, and I enjoyed our visit to the Saline Creek Pioneer Village. It is less than a mile from our house so we rode our bikes to the site. It was a beautiful day and Polar enjoyed the outdoors. The village represents a pioneer settlement of the era 1800 to around 1840. It contains a Blockhouse, a saddle bag cabin, a barn with a threashing floor (one of the few remaining in the United States), a post office, a school, a Quaker Church, a jail, and a regular cabin. The Poor House (brick house in the picture), is the effort of the culture of that era to take care of the poor. As early as 1819, the Illinois General Assembly enacted a Pauper Bill requiring County Commissioners to appoint overseers of the poor for each township. This house was built in 1877 with an addition in 1904. It is only 78.46 miles round trip from SIUC. The address is 1600 South Feazel Street Harrisburg, Illinois. Polar has traveled a total of 5473.72 miles so far! Wow Polar, you have had an amazing trip so far! Can't wait to see where else you end up!
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