Hal Patton Oral History Interview

alderman, Cottage Hills, education, Edwardsville, mayor, safety

“Hal Patton Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed May 9, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/902.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

In this oral history interview, Hal Patton describes growing up in Edwardsville as a young boy. He details his educational path and the challenges and success he has encountered through his career as a dentist and local politician. He talks about his time as a city alderman as well as his time as the mayor of Edwardsville. He explores the success of the community of Edwardsville and how he has helped aid in that process.

Madison County Oral Histories

• Edwardsville
• government
• school districts
• community development
• community planning

February 27, 2018

• Edwardsville

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 1:03

Hansen, Steve

Patton, Hal

Edwardsville, Illinois

151 kb

• Edwardsville, Illinois
• 1970s-2010s

• Patton-Hal-O-001