The creator of Archy & Mehitabel, Freddy the Rat,
Warty Bliggens the Toad, The Old Soak, Hermione
and other timeless American treasures



Don's home town
Walnut, Illinois

  • History of Don's home town of Walnut, Illinois
  • More about Walnut
  • Walnut crime, climate and demographics
  • Joel Bass's Walnut page with history and photos
  • Walnut was Walnut Grove in 1837
  • More Walnut history
  • Walnut, Illinois, seen from the air
  • Walnut demographics
  • More about Don's home town
  • The Walnut neighborhood
  • Main Street, Walnut, in Don's time
  • Another view of Main Street, Walnut, in Don's time
  • Highway marker in Walnut, Illinois
  • Don's family home in Walnut Illinois
  • Some of Don's neighbors in 1910

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