The English carol Here We Come A-Wassailing describes an old Yuletide custom of neighborhood revelers asking manor owners for a drink of...

The extremely brutal weather in much of Illinois during the winter of 1830-31 had a significant widespread effect on many aspects of life...

Potawatomi Chief Simon Pokagon (1830-1899) was well educated and comfortable speaking before a large audience, as he did at the 1893...

A well known map of over twenty Native American villages around pre-Settlement Chicago was created by Albert F. Scharf and Karl Dilg in...

Chicago historian Ann Durkin Keating, author of Rising Up From Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago has...

Potawatomi oral tradition about the union of the tribes of the Three Fires, or Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Ottawa, states that at one time...

Early settlers expressed a need for a dam on Salt Creek shortly after they arrived in this area, as shown in the Torode family letters...

The pioneers of Brush Hill (which became Fullersburg) demonstrated good will toward their neighbors as well as their fellow man, creating...

Can you imagine making an overland journey in a covered wagon for over a month? Walking through heavily wooded areas with only two large...

On June 8, 1783, George Washington wrote a "circular" letter to the independent states advising government officials of what he felt was...

Sauk Chief Keokuk, whose name means "Watchful Fox," showed his wisdom when Sauk war chief Black Hawk and his warriors attempted to...

The lyrics to this traditional Scottish song were sent to the Scots Musical Museum in 1788 by Robert Burns, who noted that it was an...

The early settlers of Brush Hill (which became Fullersburg) faced hunger and bitter cold while attempting to survive and thrive in this...

1. How many surviving Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving? 2. What year was the first Thanksgiving? 3. What was the name of the...

On the evening of May 17, 1832, Sauk Chief Black Hawk and his band of braves and warriors arrived at the village of Potawatomi Chief...

Among the heroic individuals in Chicago's historical past is a Potawatomi chief named Shabbona ("built like a bear") who in 1832 saved...

A journal documenting the mid-nineteenth century meetings of the Brush Hill Debate Club was recently acquired by the Fullersburg Historic...

The dam at Graue Mill is more than a structure in the Historic Fullersburg District; it is a link to the essence of the area's past. The...

The early settlers of Fullersburg endured hardships such as food shortages, bitter cold, and illness. Cholera outbreaks were prevalent...

Early settlers of Fullersburg faced challenges in providing their families with basic needs such as food and shelter. After the initial...