state of Illinois to host Between Fences, an exhibit sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibits Service (SITES) and the Illinois Humanities Council. Additional exhibits include Bookstock: Celebrating 40 Years of Woodstock, and Cherry Mine Disaster Revisited, a showcase commemorating the lives lost during the Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909. Notable people William Bascom, folklorist, anthropologist E. Leslie Conkling, educator and Illinois state legislator James E. Dabler, Illinois state representative and businessman Henry C. Doolittle, state assemblyman from Wisconsin William Dyke, Wisconsin judge and politician Aleta Fenceroy, LGBT activist and musician Virgil Fox, one of the greatest organists of the 20th Century Billy Garrett, auto racer Gary Green, guitarist for the band Gentle Giant Thomas P. Gunning, dentist and Illinois state senator Madison Gonterman, head football coach at Indiana University 1896–97 Kathryn Hays, television actress (birth name Kay Piper), was on As The World Turns from 1972 to 2010. Frank Fernando Jones, Iowa state legislator Keith Knudsen, drummer with the Doobie Brothers Owen Lovejoy, Congressman, key supporter of Abraham Lincoln, and a leader in the Underground Railway movement to free slaves Asa Mercer, founder of the University of Washington Bruce Nickells, harness racing driver and trainer; grew up in Princeton Ben Parr, author of Captivology, former co-editor of Mashable and columnist for CNET Joseph R. Peterson lawyer and Illinois state legislator Robert Petkoff, noted Broadway and television Actor, graduated from Princeton High School Joseph "Joe" Ruklick, NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors Eliza Suggs, temperance activist Josh Taylor, actor in Days of Our Lives and television features, including The Hogans TV series for 6 years. Justin Tranchita, actor and artist William V. Thompson, bowler Richard Widmark, Oscar-nominated actor of 61 movies, he was senior class President when he graduated from Princeton High School Milo Winter, children's book artist Nick Young, radio newscaster with CBS and WBBM Media Radio stations WZIV 90.7 FM WZOE 98.1 FM WZOE 1490 AM References External links City of Princeton, Illinois – official website Princeton Tourism Bureau – official website Princeton Chamber of Commerce – official website Cities in Bureau County, Illinois Cities in Illinois Populated places on the Underground Railroad County seats in Illinois Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area Populated places established in the 1830s 1830s establishments in Illinois