History of...

Island Lake (Source: Island Lake pamphlet)

Port Barrington

Wauconda (Source: Village of Wauconda web site)

Wauconda (Source: unknown)

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Here Are Some Other Great Resources
for Local History Information

Wauconda Township Historical Society, 711 N. Main St., P.O. Box 256, Wauconda, IL 60084-0256

Lake County Discovery Museum, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3400, email at LCMuseum@LCFPD.org. The former farm buildings have been adapted and expanded to accommodate the Museum galleries, administrative offices, and the Museum's two archives - the Curt Teich Postcard Archives and the Lake County History Archives.

Curt Teich Postcard Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3381, email at teicharchives@lcfpd.org. Includes images of more than 10,000 towns and cities in North America and over 87 foreign countries. 365,000 postcards are computer cataloged under more than 2100 subject headings.

Lake County History Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3381, email at LCHA@lcfpd.org. This archives, part of the Lake County Discovery Museum, provides access to documents and photographs featuring the history of Lake County, Illinois. This special collection is available to the general public for research.

Lake-McHenry Co. Historical Alliance, 27277 N. Forest Preserve Rd., Wauconda, IL 60084-2016.
 

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Featured Exhibit - The "Historically Speaking" Series of Articles about Wauconda Township history from the Wauconda Leader