The legend in Southern Illinois was that when Illinois was first established, its breadbasket was in the deep southern end of the state, and up in the cold and frozen north, that city that had little chance of succeeding, namely Chicago, to get food, they had to go south to Southern Illinois. It was like "going down to Egypt." Cairo, where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers met, was expected to be one of the greatest American cities, and several other little towns in Southern Illinois were named after Egyptian cities -- such as Karnak and Thebes. The high school in Tamms, Illinois, close to Cairo, uses as its sports knickname the Egyptians. Shawneetown was thought to be the eventual capital of Illinois, but that didn't happen.
I'm about to copy the Fall 1947 White's Radio Log, which was my guide when I first started "fishing" on October 27, 1947. If I remember correctly, my local commercial station at the time, KRUL, was too new to have been in that edition of the log, and it was so strong, I thought it must be more powerful than the other 250-watt stations on 1340 ... I listed it in my log as 50,000 watts! QRM, Krum TX (63 years ago, KRUL; now KRUM) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
