Before towns had public libraries they often had “reading rooms.” Waukegan had maintained one through its library association beginning in ...

Holiday dinners are special for the traditional food and decorations, and for families and friends gathering to celebrate. I searched the...

One of the legends that has persisted in the annals of Lake County history is that the Native American, Sitting Bull, was imprisoned at For...

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...

After the Civil War, Chicago's population boomed, and the city became the railroad hub of the nation. Railroad lines stretched out from...

In 1891, a group of Waukegan businessmen formed the Waukegan Bachelors' Club—a men's club for social and "improvement" rea...

The museum has a significant Native American collection, most of which was collected or donated in the mid 1950s to mid 1960s. One of the...