Articles by Susan Cosier

The Chicago and Big Muddy Mine. Photos from the Williamson County Historical Society, data from 1905 Souvenir History, WCHS

Articles, Coal, Sustainability October 1, 2020

The big Muddy River’s long, turbulent relationship with coal

Southern Illinois has been coal country for quite some time. Men first mined coal there in 1810, when they took the black rock from outcroppings…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.