Before the end of the school year, local history librarians Sonia Schoenfield and Jenny Barry were invited to speak to the third grade students at Copeland Manor School. Each spring the third grade completes units on the history of Chicago including the Great Chicago Fire and how transportation impacted the growth of Chicago and the…
On June 26, 1913, Illinois Governor Dunne signed the Illinois Municipal Voting Act granting Illinois women the right to vote for Presidential electors, all local offices not specifically named in the Illinois Constitution and on any “local option” issues. Clara Colby of Libertyville became the first woman in Illinois to cast a ballot under the…
If you’ve ever driven on North River Road, as the road takes a sharp jog to the right, you may have noticed an old gate hidden by overgrown trees. Beyond the gate lie fields and trees but not much else. The curious mind wonders, what’s back there? Ask around and you’ll get…
The story of the Public Service Building in Libertyville is very much connected with Samuel Insull, founder of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, Commonwealth Edison, and owner of numerous banks. In 1907 Insull bought a large acreage south of Libertyville and built and lived in the house now known as the Cuneo mansion. Insull…
While scrolling through some microfilmed issues of old newspapers at the library, we happened upon this charming 1927 article extolling the “progress” of enhanced transportation down Milwaukee Avenue. “One thing that is foremost in the minds of most all people in Libertyvilleis the vast change that has come about in the last three or four…
The Libertyville Band The Libertyville Village Band is celebrating more than 30 seasons of music this summer, but the origins of a village band go back much farther than that. Although evidence is scant, some documentation reveals clues about a band that existed as soon as 1867. The earliest photo, dated 1898, features a small…
Lake County Fair1908Picture yourself walking along the midway at the county fair recently and then suddenly being transported back one hundred years. The neon signs fade away, replaced by colorful banners above the booths. Acrobats amuse passersby, people scream on the rides, the barns are full of the sounds and smells of prize farm animals.In…
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