Welcome back to my series of posts on local history! While looking for a topic for this post, I realized that we have somehow neglected to write about the history of a Libertyville institution: Lambs Farm! Since its inception as a small pet store in the fall of 1961, Lambs Farm has made it its…
This past November, LHS senior Anna Burns delivered a presentation regarding Libertyville during WWI as part of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society's History Matters series. Anna spent numerous volunteer hours over the last year scanning through the local paper on microfilm looking for articles giving a glimpse at what life was like here in Libertyville and…
For a chilling Halloween edition of The Past is Present, Local History Librarian Jenny Barry digs into a mysterious Libertyville legend: the 1885 murder of August Rosine. You may never look at the Cook House the same way again. Listen to last year's Halloween episode on The Gate. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep_48_The_Past_is_Present_Murder_at_the_Cook_House.mp3…
Welcome back to what is a much, much more uplifting entry in my series on the history of Mundelein! When we left off in my last post, the year was 1950 and having weathered the trials of the Great Depression and Second World War, things in Mundelein were finally beginning to look up: New businesses…
Welcome back to what is possibly the most disaster-filled entry in my series on the history of Mundelein! At the end of my last entry, Mundelein was on top of the world: with miles of newly paved roads, the addition of another railroad line running through the town, and Samuel Insull himself giving the dedication…
The 3rd annual Lake County History Symposium, held at the Adlai E. Stevenson Home on April 30, focused on Immigrant Stories. Attendees heard about Polish Pioneers in Illinois, the experiences of a select group of families from the “Irish Hills” of Newport Township and the origins of the Lake County’s numerous Irish place names, and the William…
"Immigrant Stories" is the theme of the Lake County History Symposium, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home in Mettawa. The day will feature a series of presentations including ones on the Irish experience in Lake County, the Scots of Lake Forest, Polish pioneers, and Libertyville's own…
Welcome back to my series on the history of Libertyville’s next-door neighbor: Mundelein! When we left it in early 1909, Mundelein, at the time known as Rockefeller and already on its third name, was home to two railroad lines, a rapidly growing downtown, and with a vote of 55-22 had, along with Diamond Lake, become the…
Beginning with his breakthrough role in A Streetcar Named Desire to his somewhat…questionable performance in the 1996 adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau, Marlon Brando was one of the best-known actors of his day. But did you know that for a short time, Brando lived in, or at least on the outskirts of, Libertyville? With the Oscars only…
Just in time for Halloween, local history librarian Jenny Barry uncovers some of the mysteries behind The Gate - a homegrown urban legend 30 years in the making. Read Behind The Gate, where Jenny dives even deeper into her research and includes the presentation she gave to the Libertyville/Mundelein Historical Society. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._23__Halloween_Special_Investigating_the_spooky_legend_of_The_Gate_-_10_26_16_3.19_PM.mp3…
