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

I would like to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with the story of one Lake County soldier and his fa...

Father's Day is this Sunday and was developed to complement Mother's Day, by honoring men's role in parenting. This photo of...

Gordon Ray and his dog with pickerel, Diamond Lake, 1916. Gordon Ray Collection, Dunn Museum, 91.17.37 Lifelong Diamond Lake resident, Gordo...

Happy Halloween! Begging, or trick-or-treating, is believed to have begun in the United States in the 1910s. Around the same time, costum...