floods

Welcome back to the last installment of my series on the history of Mundelein. I usually would have ended my series with my last post, but if there's one thing I've learned while writing these, our present will eventually be someone's past, so why not make the lives of those future local historians a bit…

For many years, Libertyville’s biggest problem was probably flooding. Natural bodies of water such as lakes and rivers are often fun or picturesque.  However when the conditions were right they could quickly turn into a terrifying site, enveloping roads, businesses and homes. The Libertyville area is known to have approximately 50 floods, ranging from minor…