It has been 190 years since the Treaty of Chicago (1833) forced the removal of the Potawatomi, Chippewa, and Ottawa peoples from their lands...

One of the most influential citizens in the development of early Waukegan was Scottish immigrant, James McKay, who lived there from 1841 to ...

Prohibition gang violence spilled into Lake County on June 1, 1930. Mobsters from the Capone and the Druggan-Lake gangs were gunned ...

Postcard of one of the more extreme stunts at the Fort Sheridan horse shows, circa 1930.  BBDM 92.24.255.1. Between 1925 and 1939, the U.S....

Road commissioner, John Robertson (1810-1877), circa 1870.  "Nothing in the whole history of Lake County has ever produced a tithe ...

Hough-International Harvester employees and Pay Loader, Libertyville, IL.  Ray "Steve" Miltimore is in the driver's seat. Circ...

When Daniel Brewster passed away in 1908, the local newspaper noted him as "One of Waukegan's foremost citizens." Father Brews...