Skip to main content
Springdale Cemetery: Memories of a Lifetime

Experience Peoria’s long and colorful history on a unique tour of Springdale Cemetery. Producer H Wayne Wilson explores stories of city forefathers, from entrepreneur Moses Pettengill and riverboat pilot Henry Detweiller, to aviation pioneer Octave Chanute, abolitionist Mark Aiken and longtime mayor John Warner. You will also learn about the life of Cynthia Stone, the Hollywood jet-setter who married Jack Lemmon and Cliff Robertson, and pause to reflect on honor and sacrifice at Soldiers Hill.

 

https://www.springdalecemetery.com/

Crypt at Springdale Cemetery
Grave markers at Springdale Cemetery
Grave markers at Springdale Cemetery

 Watch Program

 Local Shows

Local Shows
Poster grid description
  • My Journey with Annie Malone
  • At Issue with Mark Welp
  • At Issue with H Wayne Wilson
  • WTVP's Backyard Journeys
  • Business Forward with Matt George
  • Consider This Poster
  • From Distilleries to Stills: Prohibition In Peoria
  • Doug Hoerr: Landscape Architect
  • EcoWatch
  • From the Horse's Mouth
  • #HBCYou with Dee Brown CEO
  • Leadership Lessons for Home, Work and Life
  • None
  • Lydia: Ahead of Her Time
  • Mark's Furry Friends
  • Mining Reclamation: Healing the Landscape
  • OSF HealthCare Ministry Headquarters
  • The Illinois River Series Poster
  • Self Made with Dee Brown CEO
  • A Shot of Ag with Rob "The SharkFarmer" Sharkey
  • Springdale Cemetery: Memories of a Lifetime
  • State & Water Poster
  • What is it??
  • WTVP Now