My husband and I live on a farm in beautiful Pike County, Illinois. I grew up in Jacksonville, IL and my husband grew up here in Pike County. We have a historical town on our farm, http://www.newphiladelphiail.org We have retired and seem to have less time than before!
There was much activity at the New Philadelphia site the weekend of June 16-17, 2006. The third summer of archeological work was continuing and a family history workshop was held at the Burdick Conference Center at the site. Here's a photograph of the foundation the student archeologists revealed: