While researching the Decker & Bond drug store, I came across an article from the early 1940s about Mark Neville, pharmacist. The article mentioned that he was a member of the American Legion which made me wonder if he served in World War I and, if so, was he on our list of those that…
This will be my last post before the new year, so what better way to finish up 2018 with the second part of my series on the heartwarming history of Lambs Farm! When we last left off it was September 1961, and Robert Terese and Corrine Boren had successfully opened Lambs Pet Store and made…
At the beginning of 2018, we started profiling World War I veterans with a Libertyville connection – those who were born in Libertyville, were residents at the time of enlistment, or those that settled in town after the war. We profiled eight of the around 200 veterans that have been identified through newspaper articles, Ancestry.com,…
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…
In part 1 of this series on the 1889 Union Church signature quilt, we learned about signature quilts in general, explored some of the unique characteristics of this specific quilt, and revealed the history of the Union Church. Part 2 looked at some of the Libertyville people and businesses represented by the signatures. In Part 3, we’ll…
