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) ...

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

As a kid in the 1970s, I loved watching Chicago Blackhawks' hockey. Those were the glory days of Bobby Hull, Stan Makita, and Tony Espos...

Trail tree photographed by historian Bess Bower Dunn  on Waukegan Road west of North Chicago, circa 1910. Dunn Museum Collection.  Indigeno...