Silas S. Nichols (1848 - 1945) was Lake County's last surviving Civil War veteran. Civil War veterans Silas S. Nichols, 145th Ohio (...

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America (1912-2012), which were formed in Savanna, Georgia by Juliette Gordon L...

In 1907, Robert H. Aiken (1859 - 1925) of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois invented "tilt-up construction." Col. Robert Aiken. Cement Wor...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were a number of protests by Native Americans for better housing and social services. Some of these...

For Lake County's 96th Illinois Infantry, Chickamauga was "A battle of tremendous proportions and fraught with mighty import."...

Gene Tunney, circa 1928. Online photo World heavyweight champion, James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (1897-1978) trained for one of h...

During the Civil War in October 1862, the 96th Illinois Infantry was in northern Kentucky. There, they were approached by two Confederate de...