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.
Digital
Past
Browse our Local History Collection Online
Search the
entire Digitized Local History Collection
(with materials from the entire North Suburban area)
Featured Exhibit
- The
"Historically Speaking" Series of Articles about Wauconda Township
history from the Wauconda Leader