Irish immigrants, William Logue and Bridget Collins Logue, brought their young family to Lake County, Illinois in 1844. The Logue home wa...

The American frontier of northeastern Illinois posed many challenges for settlers leaving behind established communities in the eastern Unit...

In the mid-1800s, Great Lakes shipping was key to the economic boom of the newly settled Midwest. Port cities big and small, such as Chicago...

When Samuel S. Cole and Grace B. Baird married on May 27, 1859, they united two families, who were early immigrants to Lake County, Illinois...

In 1907, Robert H. Aiken (1859 - 1925) of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois invented "tilt-up construction." Col. Robert Aiken. Cement Wor...

This charming old-timer is Clark Corser (1817-1909), an early settler of Benton Township. Clark and his parents, Nathaniel and Martha,...