John M. Easton (1810-1876). History of Lake County , Charles A. Partridge, 1902. One of the most enlightening sources for what life was lik...

The historic town of Half Day claims many firsts in the annals of Lake County history—the first post office (1836), the first school (1836) ...

Bess Bower at Grass Lake, circa 1905. Dunn Museum Collections . Bess Bower Dunn has made appearances in previous posts, but I've never...

The private ownership of land was a European convention unfamiliar to Native Americans. Land came down to tribes from their ancestors,...

Daniel Wright (1778-1873) is considered Lake County's first  permanent non-native settler. Native Americans were the original stewards ...