Golconda? Go West 600 Miles and Take a Left

From: The Washington Post | Date: November 15, 1992| Author: William A. Harper | Copyright information

If it weren't for the Herald-Enterprise, I wouldn't have a clue as to what's going on in Golconda. That's a town at the very bottom of the 350-mile-long state of Illinois, for which I have a real soft spot.

The weekly paper keeps me up-to-date on all the doings in Golconda and surrounding towns and counties. It's kind of a hardscrabble place and is not noted in any guidebook of my acquaintance.

Golconda is best known among locals for the annual Pope County Deer Festival (thi...

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