Farmers Weekly Review

We can safely say that by October of 1861 the War Between the States was really starting to get serious. The boys of the 20th,…

By Sandy Vasko One of the things that I notice about all the hoopla surrounding the old State Penitentiary on Collins Street is that, it’s…

By Sandy Vasko “Seeing the elephant” … it’s what every soldier and soldier “wanna-be” wanted to do during the Civil War. It means seeing real…

By Sandy Vasko This week, we continue walking through downtown Joliet during the holiday season of 1876. The next establishment we enter has a familiar…

By Sandy Vasko Well, Thanksgiving is behind us, and that magical time of year is only a few weeks away. As a kid, my grandmother…

By Sandy Vasko Today, we continue our look at Will County in the Civil War. Last time, we talked about the 20th and the little…

Accuracy with a weapon has always been a trait to be admired. And proving that accuracy was considered “a manly diversion,” I imagine cavemen had…

By Sandy Vasko Last time we looked at the Civil War in Will County, we witnessed a wedding. But there is an end to everything,…

By Sandy Vasko Today, we travel to the south and the Kankakee River to a small, almost forgotten village. At one time, Custer Township was…