Ansel Brainerd Cook (1823-1898), built a name for himself as a state lawmaker and stonemasonry contractor. He is certainly one of the be...

One-room schoolhouses dotted the landscape of 19th century Lake County. By 1861, there were 70 of them, including the Avon Center School (Di...

In the last few years, the Lake County Forest Preserves has begun a program to celebrate the history of preserve sites by placing historical...

This weekend the Civil War will be recreated at Lakewood Forest Preserve. The annual event brings hundreds of re-enactors, sutlers, and ent...

When settlers began making Lake County their home in the mid-1830s, they traveled on Native American trails, or on the only road through th...

For the museum's upcoming "Lincoln and the Gatling Gun" exhibit, collections staff selected a number of objects, including a s...

There has been a tradition of brewing in Lake County since 1851. In that year, Antoni Schieb, George Brownwell and Fredrich Hangebrauch...