The 44th annual Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive will be Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 8-9. About a three-hour drive from St. Louis, the Spoon River Valley in western Illinois boasts many old houses and churches ...
LEWISTOWN, Ill. — Though it’s been more than 90 years since Edgar Lee Masters wrote his “Spoon River Anthology,” about 100,000 people still converge on Fulton County for two weekends every October to ...