"Illinois Trails and Traces" by Photographer and Author Daniel Overturf

Friday, August 15, 2025, at 2:00 pm
At the Herrin City Library

Daniel Overturf will be presenting his book, co-authored by Gary Marx

"Illinois Trails and Traces:
Portraits and Stories along the State’s Historic Routes"

Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 2024.
WINNER, 2023 Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award!
FINALIST, 2023 Society of Midland Authors Award in Adult Nonfiction!

Taking the reader on a journey down early buffalo traces and Native American trails, this book shows how these paths evolved into wagon roads and paved highways. Marx and Overturf explore historic routes ranging from Route 66 to the Underground Railroad, all the way back to post-Ice Age animal migration trails followed by Paleo-Indian people. Daniel Overturf was the photographic side of the partnership that created this book project. His presentation will include details on how he and Gary found working together the best possible way to tell a story.

The event is presented by the Herrin History Room
and is free and open to the public.

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