Susan L BarkerSusan Barker is a retired science educator and naturalist with a love for early American history. A direct descendant of at least two Revolutionary War veterans, her family journeyed to the forgotten frontier, also known as Illinois Country, in the sring of 1818. Since then, nine generations of her family have called beautiful southwestern Illinois home. In her free time, she enjoys canoeing on slow moving rivers, gazing at the night sky, and watching nature and history documentaries on PBS. Read More Read Less