The American frontier of northeastern Illinois posed many challenges for settlers leaving behind established communities in the eastern Unit...

On July 14, 1918, a homeless terrier on the streets of Paris, France was rescued by two American soldiers of the First Infantry Division. Na...

In the mid-1800s, Great Lakes shipping was key to the economic boom of the newly settled Midwest. Port cities big and small, such as Chicago...

Map of Lake County, Illinois 1861. Published by L. Gast Bro. & Co. The Lake County, Illinois map of 1861 was the county's se...

Caught up in patriotic fervor to preserve the Union, George P. Shatswell enlisted with the 15th Illinois Infantry in May 1861. When Shatsw...