Farmers Weekly Review

By Sandy Vasko When I bring up the name of James Elwood at the museum, people usually say, “Oh, that’s the guy the town of…

By Sandy Vasko In 1894, a project known as the Sanitary Canal, or the Big Ditch, was in full swing. This project employed the best…

By Sandy Vasko I think that there are few other topics these days that are more contentious than that of immigration. And like most other…

By Sandy Vasko Today we are going back to the War to End All Wars. May 1918 brought warm breezes and the sweet smell of…

By Sandy Vasko An ambitious young man and a beautiful young woman had their whole lives ahead of them. On January 11th, 1871, Cornelius O’Donnell…

By Sandy Vasko When the railroad came through Will County in 1854, it did more than give our citizens a way to get to Chicago…

By Sandy Vasko It is December 17, 1878. We are listening to George Woodruff give a presentation documenting the very first years of Will County,…

By Sandy Vasko What did it look like to the first ones? The first few white men to come to this area saw a very…

By Sandy Vasko It’s that romantic time of year; Valentine’s Day is when we express our feelings for the one person, that someone special that…

By Sandy Vasko Being an old equal rights amendment worker, I can tell you that the issue of women’s role in the workplace is not…