Camp Logan in Zion was an Illinois National Guard rifle range. This Guard training facility operated from 1892 to 1974 in what is now the I...

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

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were a number of protests by Native Americans for better housing and social services. Some of these...