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Bicentennial Souvenirs

We still have some Bicentennial souvenirs at greatly reduced prices! 

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Books and Items for Sale

Historical Society Books

Books available for sale at Casteel's and East School. Prices listed are suggested minimum donations since we are a nonprofit organization. Contact us to make shipping arrangements. Tables of contents available upon request.

History of Illinois and Pike County

$60.00

Chapman, 1880

966 pages, plus index

Past and Present of Pike County, Illinois

$60.00

Massie, 1906

751 pages, including index

Pike County History

$60.00

Thompson, 1935-1939

534 pages, plus index

Pike County Illinois History and Families

$45.00

Pike County Historical Society, 2014 

256 pages, plus index

Pike County Schools 1823-1995

$60.00

Residents of Pike County, 1995

Reprinted in 2022

413 pages, plus index


A True Picture of Emigration

$20.00

Rebecca Burlend, 1848/1935

Reprinted in 2022

157 pages plus index

Finding Home in New Philadelphia and Pike County, Illinois

$20.00

Carol McCartney, 2022

142 pages

Stories Of The Past of Pike County, Illinois

$30.00

Carol McCartney, 2022

135 pages

Our Pike County, The Soul of Western Illinois

$20.00

Carol McCartney, 2004

172 pages

New Philadelphia

$20.00

McWorter and Williams-McWorter, 2018

211 pages

New Philadelphia: An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland

$20.00

Shackel

207 pages

Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier

$20.00

Walker

233 pages

Robert Earl Hughes: The Largest Man to Ever Walk the Earth

$10.00

Maruna

116 pages

Your Food, My Adventure: One Farmer's Journey to Feed the World

$20.00

Bradshaw

189 pages

Hugh Ellis, The Corn King

$10.00

Clark and Sutton, 1999 

136 pages

John George Nicolay: The Man in Lincoln's Shadow

$60.00

Carden and Ebert

360 pages

Pike County Ballads

$9.00

John Hay, 1871 

40 pages

Pike County Ballads

$12.00

John Hay, 1871 

85 pages, includes additional information and essays

Lincoln’s Secretary’s Secretary: Helen Nicolay, Artist and Author

$25.00

Maguire and Maguire, 2017

170 pages

Autographed

A Yeerlie Look At Pike: A 19th Century Scrapbook

$15.00

Beard

100 pages

A Yeerlie Look At Pike: A 20th Century Scrapbook

$15.00

Beard

100 pages

The Flag with 34 Stars: Company H.73rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry

$10.00

Nancy Ross Chapter of DAR, 2010

60 pages

Lincoln’s 1858 Visit to Pittsfield, Illinois

$5.00

Fisher, 1968

13 pages

Combined Atlas

$40.00

Spiral bound 1872 and 1912 plat books

*these do not currently have protective covers and we are looking at options

Pike County True Ghost Stories

$15.00

Pike County Historical Society

31 pages

History of Pike County: A Centennial Address

$4.00

Grimshaw’s US Centennial Address, 1876 

35 pages

School Directory of Pike County

$2.00

1944-1945 

19 pages

Abraham Lincoln Chronology

$5.00

Pratt, 1957

15 pages

The Great Triumvirate

$1.00

Findley and Winston, 1959  

24 pages

Cemeteries Vol. 1: Atlas, Martinsburg, Pleasant Hill, Ross

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1978

227 pages

*out of stock*

Pike County Cemeteries Vol. 2: Newburg, Pittsfield

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1978

201 pages

Cemeteries Vol. 3: Chambersburg, Fairmount, Flint, Griggsville, Perry

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1978

198 pages

Cemeteries Vol. 4: Barry, Hadley, New Salem

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1978 

205 pages

Cemeteries Vol. 5: Detroit, Hardin, Montezuma, Pearl, Spring Creek

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1978  

203 pages

Cemeteries Vol. 6: Cincinnati, Derry, Kinderhook, Levee, Pleasant Vale

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1978 

211 pages

*limited supply

Cemeteries Vol. 7: All townships, burials 1979-1992

$22.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1992

“Free Frank” McWorter and The “Ghost Town” of New Philadelphia Pike County,

$12.00

Pike County Historical Society, 1964 

*not currently available - coming soon


Items (photos coming soon)

Items available for sale at Casteel's and East School. Prices listed are suggested donations since we are a nonprofit organization.

Bicentennial Items

East School Plate

$15.00

Black and white

Courthouse Plate

$15.00

Black and white

Shingles

$10.00

Original slate shingles from the courthouse 

East School cards

$3.00

Black and White, with envelopes  

Courthouse cards

$3.00

Black and White, with envelopes  

Pittsfield Churches Post Card

$1.00

Black and White

Courthouse Post Card

$1.00

Color

Courthouse Post Card

$1.00

Art by Kay Miller 

East School Ornaments

$5.00

1987 and 1988 Christmas Ornaments

Other Post Cards

$0.25

Mayor Scanland’s Home in Pittsfield 

Illini Hospital in Pittsfield

Front Parlor of Lincoln’s Home in Springfield

Old State Capitol Building in Springfield

Lincoln and Herndon Building in Springfield

Hill-McNamar Store in Lincoln’s New Salem

Miller’s Blacksmith Shop in Lincoln’s New Salem

Lincoln’s Boyhood Home in Hodgenville, Kentucky

Ambrotype of Lincoln

Lincoln and his Secretaries 

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