The Amazing, Ever-Growing Libertyville, part 2

Welcome back to part 2 of local history librarians Sonia Schoenfield’s and Jenny Barry’s presentation about the growth of Libertyville presented to the third grade at Copeland Manor School this past May.Do you ride your bike on the railroad tracks? We do!The 1920s proved to be another time of big population growth for Libertyville. One…

Here Comes the Railroad

  Trains: we love them when they take us quickly to Chicago, we curse them when they halt our progress along Milwaukee Avenue. Once upon a time, however, Libertyville’s first train was cause for major celebration.   Back in the 1860s and ʼ70s in Libertyville, local farmers raised sheep and hogs which had to be…