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Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge
Email: stewardsumrr@gmail.com
Contact Larry Thoren at lthoren43@gmail.com (815)441.0607
Contact Steven Marking at baritonissimo@yahoo.com stevenmarking.com (612)293-4067
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 2:00 PM
Who: Steven Marking Presents
What: A Visit From Will Dilg
When: Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Where: Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black Oak Road, Mount Carroll, Illinois 61953
How Much: $25.00
Timber Lake Playhouse in partnership with the Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge, the City of Savanna. League of Women’s Voter, and the Izaak Walton League present Steven Marking and his performance of ”A Visit from Will Dilg” and scenes from “Our Mighty Mississippi.”
Steven Marking plays Will Dilg in an inspiring one-man stage production entitled A Visit From Will Dilg. After suffering from the drowning death of his only son in the early 1920’s, Dilg rose from the depths of depression to lead an extraordinary national crusade by forming the Izaak Walton League. Then, with the support of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of America they saved a 261-mile stretch of Mississippi River backwaters from drainage for agriculture by forming a great national preserve, The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
