In Lake County, apple orchards were an integral part of the landscape since the arrival of the first settlers in the 1830s. The primary prof...

The Bess Bower Dunn Museum's oldest artifact (by a long shot) is a 420 million year old fossil rock. The rock was discovered in May 19...

"He was an ideal soldier, quiet, manly, religious, and exerted an excellent influence in the Company."  This description of Edwar...

This is the second post on the five men pictured together in a Civil War era tintype in the museum's collection. Like most Lake County...

Research of an unidentified soldier pictured in a tintype in the museum's collection has revealed the forgotten story of a young Scottis...

Celebrated Waukegan-born author, Ray Bradbury, has passed away. Among Bradbury's most well-known novels are "Fahrenheit 451," ...

John M. Easton (1810-1876). History of Lake County , Charles A. Partridge, 1902. One of the most enlightening sources for what life was lik...