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Tag Archives: Politics

A Courthouse controversy: Libertyville, Waukegan, and the fight for a county seat, 1839-1841.

Libertyville has been home to many Lake County firsts, but did you know it was the first county seat? Through a series of events, including but not limited to surreptitious petitioning and a rather bitter political feud, Libertyville went from a small but upcoming village to county seat, then back to a village. Arriving in…

September 13, 2021 in The Past Is Present.

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